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Tulane study explores academic success among Jewish girls

• susiecambria 5y ago
  "Girls raised by Jewish parents are 23 percentage points more likely to graduate college than girls with a non-Jewish upbringing, even after accounting for their parents’ socioeconomic status. Girls raised by Jewish parents also graduate from more selective colleges, according to a newly published study by Tulane University professor Ilana Horwitz."
• hw-guy 5y ago
  "Framing Jews’ achievement as a cultural trait erroneously spreads the belief that educational success comes from adopting the “right” cultural values. But Horwitz argues that Jews value education because 'it has worked for them throughout history, not because they are genetically or culturally predisposed to it.' ” But isn't valuing education a cultural trait? It's interesting that she takes pains to claim it's not, perhaps because she's afraid of stepping into the minefield of explaining differences in achievement among other groups.