Perhaps it's good for the economy if our talents are diversified?

How much play do you think this will get in your local newspaper (or on your local TV station)? The link below is to the Education Week story; the headline link (above) goes directly to the study.

A brief excerpt from the article in Education Week:

Study Questions Role Math, Science Play in Nation’s GDP

By Debra Viadero

A study of more than three dozen countries, including the United States, challenges the popular belief that superior student achievement on international mathematics and science tests breeds national economic success....

Mr. Ramirez’s study, published last month in the American Journal of Education, runs counter to calls by policymakers, including President Bush, and business leaders for bolstering K-12 mathematics and science education as a way to keep the United States from losing its economic edge over other nations....