Kenneth Wong, director of the Urban Education Policy program, provided commentary on his research on the Providence Talks program, which was piloted in Providence and aims to helps families in 5 other cities bridge the so-called "word gap" between low- and higher-income children. "We're seeing that the parents are speaking to their children more often, and they are having more conversational terms. So the evidence is clear that for those who started at a low level, now, they were able to actually increase their words spoken to their children in a significant way."