{"id":2416,"date":"2008-03-25T08:58:24","date_gmt":"2008-03-25T08:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2008\/03\/25\/youve-got-to-have-money-to-lea\/"},"modified":"2008-03-25T08:58:24","modified_gmt":"2008-03-25T08:58:24","slug":"youve-got-to-have-money-to-lea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2008\/03\/25\/youve-got-to-have-money-to-lea\/","title":{"rendered":"You’ve Got to Have Money to Learn Math"},"content":{"rendered":"

EurekAlert provides the latest dispatch from the class war, the the form of a release headlined ” Family wealth may explain differences in test scores in school-age children<\/a>“:<\/p>\n

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The researchers found a marked disparity in family wealth between Black and White families with young children, with White families owning more than 10 times as many assets as Black families. The study found that family wealth had a stronger association with cognitive achievement of school-aged children than that of preschoolers, and a stronger association with school-aged children’s math than with their reading scores. Family wealth accumulated from different sources also was found to have a distinct influence on children at different developmental stages. Liquid assets, particularly holdings in stocks or mutual funds, were positively associated with school-aged children’s test scores. Family wealth was associated with a higher quality home environment, better parenting behavior, and children’s private school attendance.<\/p>\n

The researchers suggest that the stronger impact of wealth on school-aged children may be because school-aged children benefit more from family wealth that is spent on educational resources that require substantial financial investment, such as private schools, extracurricular activities, and cultural experiences. Furthermore, older children may be more conscious of differences in wealth relative to their peers as they are exhibited in the quality of the learning environment, possessions, and the type of neighborhood where children live. These differences may influence their self-esteem and aspirations, which in turn are positively associated with their school performance.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As is often the case with these multiple-regression studies, some of this sounds like statistical noise (in particular, the “different types of wealth have different effects”), probably caused by using a sharp significance threshold. The general effect, though– family wealth is correlated with educational performance– is completely believable. Also, unsurprising and depressing.<\/p>\n

But, EurekAlert also suggests that we can teach poor kids math by having them play board games<\/a>, so it’s all good…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

EurekAlert provides the latest dispatch from the class war, the the form of a release headlined ” Family wealth may explain differences in test scores in school-age children“: The researchers found a marked disparity in family wealth between Black and White families with young children, with White families owning more than 10 times as many… Continue reading You’ve Got to Have Money to Learn Math<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,49,47,13,9,28,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academia","category-class_issues","category-economics","category-education","category-math","category-politics","category-science","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2416\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}