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A large, long study found that children had worse academic outcomes after being treated with one particular stimulant.

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White babies are no longer the majority in the U.S.

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Readers scored the same on comprehension tests regardless of the medium.

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Regardless of anonymity, we become more likely to deceive.

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A Racial History of Drowning

So that eventually every kid learns to swim

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