Comment on Asbury and Wai (2019), “Viewing Education Policy through a Genetic Lens,” Journal of School Choice

Asbury and Wai (Journal of School Choice, 2019) perform a valuable service by summarizing much available behavior–genetic research on academic achievement. However they consider that no specific policies stem from the research body at this time. Here we do propose a policy based on some of our research using twins, namely that available funding for students struggling with learning to read be targeted to them individually rather than allocated...