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Math Skills Suffer in U.S., Study Finds

October 10, 2008/

The United States is failing to develop the math skills of both girls and boys, especially among those who could excel at the highest levels, a new study asserts, and girls who do succeed in the field are almost all immigrants or the daughters of immigrants from countries where mathematics is more highly valued.

By SARA RIMER

Full Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/education/10math.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

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