Math skills suffer in U.S., study finds

  

The United States is failing to develop the math skills of girls and boys, especially among those who could excel at the highest levels, asserts a new study to be published in Notices of the American Mathematical Society. A major reason, according to the study, is that American culture does not highly value talent in math, and so discourages girls — and boys, for that matter — from excelling in the field.

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