@collegedad13 No, not NE in general. In MA women receive more math degrees than in OR or WA. Not all come from out of state. In fact, I think this is Family specific not school specific.
@Much2learn No, that is just not true. If you think that schools create a woman’s opinion of herself you are missing 99% of the point. Women are formed by what is said at home. We need to stop making women the victims of other people’s misdeeds and misconceptions. Women’s opinions and math skills ( and English and any other skills) begin at home.
IF you have girls, show them how to be great in math. Show them what matters. Do not focus on society putting them in a box. Make them strong and bright. Do not confine them to opinions about boys v. girls. You’d think people would have evolved. I guess many folks don’t work in careers like software or engineering or medicine where people are known by their skills and not their sex.
This makes me so mad because these folks keep repeating ideas that are so old fashioned and confining to women. Young ladies, you will never have to break out of a box you don’t see yourself in. This spoken by a parent with STEM kids ( yes some girls too), we sidestep the people who talk like this and tell them they are just plain out of step with current thinking. They’re shocked and we just keep going. Many parents ( of boys and girls) have asked how we did it. Simple. We just worked at it and made no excuses ( as above).