Lynn O’Shaughnessy, contributor to moneywatch.com, reports on a new study that finds “a strong correlation between the number of books a family owns and a child’s academic track record.” O’Shaughnessy also reports on a study by Freakonomists Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, who determined six factors for a child’s success in school.
The six positive factors for a child’s success in school are:
- The child has educated parents.
- The parents have high socioeconomic status.
- The parents are involved in the PTA.
- The mother was at least 30 at the time of her first child’s birth.
- The parents speak English at home.
- The child has many books at home.
