Here’s How Phenix City Is Trying to Fill the ’30 Million Word Gap’
Wednesday, August 8th, 2018
In a school system with 70 percent of its students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, too many Phenix City students come to kindergarten with what is known as the “30 million word gap,” meaning that’s the estimated number of fewer words the poorest children hear compared to the wealthiest children by age 3, said superintendent Randy Wilkes.
