Does income level make a difference in childrens classroom skills?
The Latino community is a widely diverse community in the United States, just like Asian Americans or others. Overall, Latino children start school with social skills comparable to white middle-class kids, but we also find Latino kids coming from very poor households. Those [living] below the poverty line show weaker social skills and language development. So, at the bottom end of the Latino community in terms of family income, we find that income and social class pull down social skills and the cognitive development of their kids. For example, kids from Puerto Rican heritage households tend to show more development risks that are quite similar to African American kids. It may be because more Puerto Rican kids are raised in single parent households or raised by mothers with lower education level, but we do see certain Latino subgroups resemble very poor black households. Should there be more resources channeled to middle school to prevent those losses? We have to figure out how middle
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