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Parental Profession More Than Education Predicts Student Success, Study Finds
How 2 Israeli newsrooms covered this story — translated into English and compared side by side.
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What happened
A new study by the Taub Center found that parents' professions are more than twice as influential as their education in predicting children's academic success, with children of fathers in science and technology fields showing the highest achievements.
- 01Parental occupation is a stronger predictor of student success than education.
- 02Children of fathers in science and tech fields achieve higher scores.
- 03Mothers in certain education roles are linked to lower student achievement.
- 04The study analyzed PISA test data from over 10,000 students.
- 05Researchers stressed correlation, not causation, for mothers' jobs.
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