To probe potential genetic influences on individuals» thresholds for detecting sourness and saltiness, Breslin's team recruited 109
pairs of twins attending either the 2003 or 2004 Twins Days Festival in Twinsburg, Ohio.
Educator Joe Nathan, for example, supports a
pair of charter schools in the
Twin Cities that educate mostly Somali and Oromo students, because the schools provide a space where children can retain their home language and knowledge
of their home culture.59 Likewise, Letitia Basford's qualitative study
of Somali youth concluded that «
attending a culturally specific charter school promotes positive intercultural competence in which students are able to build a good self - concept and find comfort in who they are as East African immigrants, as Muslims, and as American citizens.»