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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The bit I can't work out is.. While US students score poorly on math tests, the US remains the innovator in the technology area -- like way ahead of other countries. At least that's the case in the software industry, which is what I'm familiar with.

I think US math education has been poor for a while, so that should translate into falling behind in software but that's not the case.

The only theory I have is that average US students do poorly in math, but the innovators really excel at it. But those numbers are brought down by all the poor (academically) students.

That's the only theory I can come up with, and even that doesn't seem that strong. Is it something with testing or the educational process? I just don't get why students are doing so poorly compared to otehr countries, but the US is still innovating so well.

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Many of those innovations are created by immigrants. Check out the nationalities of math or physicals PhDs at any US university. Lots of immigrants. Also, Silicon Valley - full of immigrants.[/quote]

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