Books Owners Have Smarter Kids
An interesting article, discussing a study recently published in the journal Research in Social Stratification and Mobility which discovered a correlation between simply having books around the house and how many years of schooling a child will likely complete. The study found that children in homes of 500+ books had the greatest advantage and even children in homes with a couple dozen books completed on average two years more schooling that kids from a home without books (are there truly such things?!).
With about 7000 books kicking around the house at any given time, by my calculations our little Emma is in for a lot of schooling (good-bye early retirement!).