Notices Of The American Mathematical Society…..

out looking at the International Math Olympiad and a couple of math contests.

They focus big time on the IMO and girls in the competition. They show very few girls from the USA take part in it. They say that the girls are just as good as the boys in math.

In they end they give out some proposals. They want improve the public perception of math through the news media. They want math courses taught as early as the sixth grade by math certified teachers. They want more schools created in the USA that can deal with the super smart math kids. They would like to see more participation by students in math camps.

Link to webpage to see actual IMO questions.