?It is very suspect that you don?t have as many girls as boys in New York City?s specialized schools,? said Janet S. Hyde, a psychology professor at the University of Wisconsin who has published research on girls? performance in math and science from elementary school through college. Individual girls might be losing opportunities, she said, ?but it is also bad for society as a whole because in a global economy we need to identify the best scientists and mathematicians.?
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