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The System Isn't Broken, It's Rigged to Break Young Men

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Brian Niemeier
Dec 17, 2025
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Every so often, a dry academic paper lands with consequences far beyond its intended audience. This report from the Economics of Education Review is one such document. At first glance, it measures classroom evaluation bias. Beneath the surface, it exposes a long-running mechanism for sorting winners from losers long before adulthood.

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