Polygenic scores for early education

Genetic prediction of cognitive differences is reaching the point where genome‑wide polygenic scores could be used to stratify children by predicted learning trajectories long before school performance diverges. That raises the prospect of using genetic information in individualised early‑intervention programs, admissions, or resource allocation — and with it, ethical, privacy and fairness debates. — If policymakers or schools begin to treat polygenic scores as actionable predictors, it would reshape debates about educational fairness, privacy, and the medicalization of learning.