Raising Futures: Narrowing the Skill Gap Between Advantaged and Disadvantaged Children

Grant Year: 2024

Ariel Kalil and Susan Mayer will research and write a book exploring how parents can help their children develop the skills that they need to succeed in school and later in life. They will synthesize research on the skills gap that exists between children from disadvantaged and more advantaged families and the extent to which that gap shapes children’s success later in life, and assess the effectiveness of a variety of interventions that can help parents play more effective roles in developing their children’s cognitive and noncognitive skills.