BBC News – Sean Coughlan
“The maths ability of teenage girls in the UK is on average about three years behind their counterparts in high-performing Shanghai, according to figures from the OECD…This difference in maths is not about any innate differences, says the OECD’s Andreas Schleicher. Instead he says it is driven by a lack of confidence among girls in their maths skills and lower expectations that they will need maths in future careers.”(more)