https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science...aking-it-worse
The hotter the planet grows, the less children are learning
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Hotter Southern counties — like in Florida and Texas — showed lower test scores than counties in the North, even after controlling for other socioeconomic factors like family income, county economic status or local pollution.
This geographical divide in school test scores has long been known. Researchers have blamed it on resource disparities and public-versus-private educational approaches dating back to the Civil War. But this study shows heat plays a role, too, and further affects groups who are already contending with systemic disadvantages.
“The causal effect of any given 90-degree day was much larger for lower-income students and racial minorities,” Park said. “And we know that those types of students are more likely to live in the South or in hotter parts of the country.”
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Now y’all can believe it when elph and I tell you how brain melting this ****ing heat is.