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Is reading for pleasure the single biggest factor in how well a child does in life?

Is reading for pleasure the single biggest factor in how well a child does in life?

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats


Is reading for pleasure the single biggest factor in how well a child does in life?

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats

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Length:
10 minutes
Released:
May 11, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

If a child loves reading, how big a difference does that make to their future success? In a much-repeated claim, often sourced to a 2002 OECD report, it is suggested that it makes the biggest difference there is – that reading for pleasure is the biggest factor in future success. But is that true? We speak to Miyako Ikeda from the OECD and Professor Alice Sullivan from University College London.Presenter / series producer: Tom Colls
Reporter / producer: Debbie Richford
Production co-ordinator: Brenda Brown
Sound mix: Graham Puddifoot
Editor: Richard Vadon
Released:
May 11, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From BBC Radio 4