Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Who would have thunk it -- psychologists think school makes you smarter!

In Congress, a Whole Lot of Half-Truths:

"'The Effect of Education on Cognitive Ability' by Torberg Falch and Sofia Sandgren, working paper published by the economics department at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Two economists find that every year of formal education raises a student's IQ an average of about 3 points, regardless of family income or parents' educational levels, raising new doubts that genetics alone determines intelligence."

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