The article, and the parts of the study I skimmed, are appealing if you already agree with the conclusion, and they're full of holes if you don't. The value or

The article, and the parts of the study I skimmed, are appealing if you already agree with the conclusion, and they're full of holes if you don't. The value or(/and?) harm of school is such an emotional topic for almost everyone, so it would be useful to be much more rigorous when writing an article like this. The authors might have gained by hiring a statistician to poke holes in the research, and then scale back conclusions or plug the holes.