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US Culture Stifles Girls' Math Skills

Smaller countries that nurture students have more prodigies

By Katherine Thompson,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 10, 2008 4:02 PM CDT

(Newser) – The women who have won the world's most elite math competitions come disproportionately from small countries with computation-friendly cultures, such as Bulgaria and Romania, a new study finds. The reason the US lags isn't related to talent, but rather to culture. Americans don't value math...   Read full story »

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