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jyounker | on: Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs
I'm assuming you are not familiar with this study: https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/lkatz/files/chk_aer_mto_04...

It shows that if a poor family moves from a poorer school district to a richer school district, and they have children under 13, then those children are significantly more successful than children whose families remain in the poorer school district. However, after 13 there seems to be a slight negative effect.

There are other studies showing similar effedcts.

Summary: It's not genetics.

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thfuran | parent | next
Heritable doesn't mean genetic. Language and money are heritable.
eapressoandcats | root | parent
Technically yes, but the poster also listed “parenting” practices not having an effect so I think we all know what he means.
bcrosby95 | parent | next
> Summary: It's not genetics.

No one said its genetics. They're saying its not only funding.

eapressoandcats | root | parent
They said heritability. They meant genetics.
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whimsicalism | parent
that is poor evidence for a school funding effect, but yes - environment is important. i will say that this is the first time i've ever seen MTO cited as a positive example of the impact, my understanding (not very informed) was that it is considered a negative result.

i wish these analyses were pre-registered, but i recognize that is difficult to do for very long timespan studies like this