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Family Structure Determines Kids' Success In School More Than Race Or Income, Researchers Say Authored by Kevin Stocklin via The Epoch Times, While universities debate whether to skip standardized admissions tests and the University of Michigan waives first-term grades for some incoming students, new research suggests that relaxing standards might not be the best way to help kids who are struggling in school. A science teacher works with her students at a high school in Homestead, Fla., on March 10, 2017. Rhona Wise/AFP via Getty Images The new report by the Institute for...

IMF Warns Tokenized Markets Could Amplify Financial Risks Authored by Nate Kostar via CoinTelegraph.com, Tokenization could reshape financial markets by making trading and settlement more efficient, but legal uncertainty and risks to financial stability could hinder wider adoption, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In a Thursday analysis, the IMF said tokenized financial markets are growing rapidly but remain small compared with traditional markets, with poor interoperability and a lack of widely accepted settlement assets among the key obstacles to expansion. The gap between tokenization's potential and its current scale is evident...