Parents' Jobs More Than Twice as Predictive of Children's Grades as Education, Israeli Study Finds
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- Parents' jobs predict children's grades more than twice as strongly as education, an Israeli study found.
- Parental occupations explained 45% of achievement gaps, compared to 21% for education.
- Fathers' professions accounted for 33% of gaps, while mothers' education accounted for 17%.
- Children of fathers in science, research, and technology achieved higher scores.
- Children of mothers in early-childhood education or as teaching assistants scored lower.
- Study highlights unequal starting points for children entering the education system.
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