A new study finds that when kindergarten teachers expose young children to advanced content in math and reading, the kids perform better at elementary school later on, regardless of their economic background. In fact, Amy Claessens, assistant professor of public policy at Chicago University's Harris School of Public Policy Studies and lead author of the study, says if anything, children tend to stagnate later in elementary school when kindergarten teachers neglect advanced content and only teach basic content.
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