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Should we screen kids’ genes to ‘predict’ how successful they’ll be in school?

The Hechinger Report

Many factors boost a child’s chance of success in school — like having wealthy parents who can afford tutors. There is also an enormous shortcoming in the datasets used for this research: Virtually all are built with DNA from people of European ancestry. This story also appeared in NBC News.