Our guests have identified a gap -- similar to the word gap-- between children in lower socioeconomic classes and those in the middle class.The gap impacts readiness for STEM.

Follow: @bamradionetwork @raepica1 @KathyandRo1@Myers_Berkowicz #edchat #edreform #ece #earlyed #AskingWhatIf Kathy Hirsh-Pasek is a Professor of Psychology at Temple University and a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. Dr. Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Unidel H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Education at the University of Delaware, received her Ph.D. from Cornell University. They co-authored Becoming Brilliant: What Science Tells Us About Raising Successful Children. Jill Berkowicz Ed.D. co-authored The STEM Shift with Ann Myers, Ed.D. Both write the blog Leadership360 for Education Week.