What I wonder, also, is whether or not such studies (of SES and accomplishment) ignore educational attainment of parents in favor of household incomes, which may be a looser proxy for many of the same factors--

because it IS true that there is a correlation between those things.

It just seems (and again, anecdotal, this) that most faculty expect their children to attain post-baccalaureate degrees, and that they DO.

Well, terminal degrees are certainly associated strongly with both high IQ and with high SES.

But I'm not sure that any of that is specifically causative. Which leads me back to madeinUK's remarks above.

NCLB has certainly caused a lot of trouble, hasn't it? Or maybe it isn't causative either.

Sooo complicated.


This is why I specifically indicated that the comments on the article were every bit as intriguing as the linked blog entry, though. Lots of different opinions and anecdote. If even half of those things are true, then the answer is that there is anecdote aplenty to rip apart everyone's pet hypothesis on the subject. Mine, too. LOL.

Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.