Originally Posted by Val
Originally Posted by deacongirl
As an adoptive parent I can say for certain that there are MANY reasons besides Bostonian's Bell Curve arguments that adopted children may struggle in school.

The findings say that adoption improves IQ and school performance. The argument is based on environment, not heritability.

Right. But that doesn't seem to be the argument of the Bell Curve which is often cited here by Bostonian. And re: racial differences on IQ tests, I will say that I am 100% certain there are questions my dd12 answered correctly on the WISC that a kid from Camden would simply never have been exposed to.