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Black Boys Less Likely To Be Adopted, Study Shows

by Amy Hatch, Posted Jan 27th 2010 1:00PM

Adoptive parents prefer white or Hispanic girls over African-American boys, a new study reveals. Researchers at the Centre for Economic Policy Research found that the probability that a non-African-American child will attract an adoptive parent is ...
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The myth of gender bias in school

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted May 20th 2008 7:01PM

You know that old saying about the glass being half full? Well, for some time now, speculation has been that when that glass is half full for girls, it's half-empty for boys. Ever since the passing of Title IX, which bans discrimination in ...
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The conservative bias in textbooks

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Apr 29th 2008 11:01AM

Remember the case of the high school history teacher and part-time Baptist youth pastor who used his classtime to preach to his students? Remember the high schooler who taped him doing so and ended up getting a death threat for his trouble? Well, ...
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Law lets boys and girls share locker rooms?

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Nov 28th 2007 9:01AM

When I was in college, I had a locker in the women's locker room for a few semesters. No, I wasn't a cross-dresser nor have I since had a sex change operation. I was one of the more advanced fencers and, as such, had a locker at the top of the stairs ...
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