Well, I may be opening a can of worms here, but I found this Newsweek article interesting:

http://www.newsweek.com/id/101079

Dd is in a self-contained gifted program. When she started, the boys outnumbered the girls by about 5:1. The margin has gone down a little since then, but it is most certainly not 1:1. I am wondering if this has something to do it. Maybe gifted girls are not identified as readily as the boys?


--Celia