Why do girls lose interest in math and science?

A National Mathematics Advisory Panel created by Bush last month is scheduled to issue an initial report on how to improve math teaching by the end of next January and a final report a month later.

I sure hope they come up with a lot better ideas than the ideas being tossed about in this article. For instance, Education Secretary Margaret Spellings said mothers can inadvertently send signals to their daughters that math skills are not important and that educators must change the culture so it is not acceptable for women to brag about not being able to balance their checkbooks. That statement is so far off the mark I was embarrassed to read it. If the goal of this panel is to have women balance checkbooks I'm afraid they've already missed the point. posted by Cyndy | link | | |
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