«State and federal policies don't reflect the knowledge of how
much earlier these gaps appear, and therefore the need to start as early as possible,» he says.
In fact, wrote Fuller, whose 2007 book, Standardized Childhood, examined the national movement to rationalize and centralize the operation of highly local preschools, «an unbounded entitlement would not reduce children's
early gaps in learning....
The likes of Man City, Chelsea, Man United have opened up
an early gap and with our north London rivals Tottenham breezing past Huddersfield today it is vital that Arsenal pick up all three points tomorrow.
At this point, the evidence for
the early gap is more anecdotal than quantitative.
In behavioral development and academic achievement, research shows
the early gaps between boys and girls actually get a foothold before kids even show up to kindergarten.