Vocabulary of poorer children 'lags a year behind'
Melanie Defries
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Children growing up in the poorest families are almost a year behind middle-income families in their vocabulary levels by the time they start school, according to research commissioned by educational charity the Sutton Trust.
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