Thanks for a great workshop on Poverty, its impact onlearning, and what we can do about it. One of the best things you did was the piano keyboard metaphor that Low SES kids have less keys to play. Anne, my musician wife, told me that it is like Low SES kids can only play a three note chord while upper and middle SES kids can play five note chords accented by arpeggios and glissandos. I had to ask about that last one myself.

Blessings on all you do and safety in you travels.

Great post. I really enjoyed the insight regarding how economic status can influence our ability to learn. If you are interested in hearing more of Eric Kandel’s thoughts, he’ll be interviewed by Charlie Rose tonight on Bloomberg Television. There’s a clip of tonight’s episode posted on Facebook at http://www.Facebook.com/BloombergTelevision if you’d like a preview.

Again, I really enjoyed your post.

Best,
Meghan