PSC In The News
Savolainen links antisocial behavior in childhood to disadvantage and poverty in adulthood
Norton et al. put dollar value on relief from chronic pain for Americans age 50+
Seefeldt says TANF restrictions may limit program's help for poor Americans
Highlights
Paula Fomby to succeed Jennifer Barber as Associate Director of PSC
PSC community celebrates Violet Elder's retirement from PSC
Neal Krause wins GSA's Robert Kleemeier Award
U-M awarded $58 million to develop ideas for preventing and treating health problems
Sastry finds mothers' reading skills greatest determinant of children's academic success
a PSC In The News reference, 2010
"Improving mothers' literacy skills may be best way to boost children's achievement" - NIH News. 10/25/2010.
Narayan Sastry and Anne Pebley (UCLA) found that a mother's literacy is the largest single determinant of her children's academic success, outweighing the effects of neighborhood or family income. This in turn suggests that programs to improve maternal literacy skills may be very effective in overcoming school achievement disparities between children in poor and in more affluent communities.