Science Daily – Staff Writer
“Universal child care that starts as early as age one improves language skills for young children, especially those from low-income families, according to a study of Norway’s child care system by a team of researchers led by Boston College Lynch School of Education Professor Eric Dearing. Offering high-quality child care beginning at age one is reducing early achievement gaps in Norwegian communities, the team reported in a recent edition of the education research journal AERA Open.” (more)