Learning To Read With Click and Jane

Posted by kdawson on Saturday January 31, 2009 @09:55AM from the that's-no-book dept.

theodp writes "While earlier generations learned to Read with Dick and Jane, the NYT Magazine reports that today's tykes are getting their reading chops at online sites like Starfall (free) and One More Story (subscription). Quoting the Times Magazine: 'In their book "Freakonomics," Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt write that kids who grow up in houses packed with books fare better on school tests than those who grow up with fewer books.' So how will kids who learn to read online fare when they grow up?"

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Re:Kid that grow up with houses packed with books. by 2.7182 · 2009-01-31 10:18 · Score: 0, Troll

Thing is, that if a family has a lot of books in their house, they are probably are reasonably wealthy. (In particular, not working class. In other words, people with money have kids that tend to do better in school.