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85. Why Don't Students Like School? by Daniel Willingham

Education Bookcast

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Is There a Difference in IQ?

I don't want to talk about intelligence in a way that is going to damn some people. But I think hiding the facts under a rug is not really going to solve any problems or make anything better. So we should say that yes, people differ in their ability academically. People have different IQs. To say otherwise is trying to hide from a lot of scientific evidence. It is actually a thing. Being about 50% genetic, that means it's about 50% not genetic. Which is actually quite hopeful because you can change it a lot. which is really good.

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