Uncommon Knowledge
The deficit of women in math
(Wesley Bedrosian for the Boston Globe)
Explaining the gender gap in math achievement is one of the hotter issues in social science. It’s even credited with helping to bring down a president of Harvard. Adding to the debate is a new paper by economists at MIT suggesting that the gender gap may be more than simply an ability gap or a discrimination gap. Based on data ... (Full article: 868 words)
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