The US Needs To Focus Its Educational Efforts On Talented Americans(techcrunch.com)

The US Needs To Focus Its Educational Efforts On Talented Americans

http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/11/we-need-to-focus-on-talented-americans/

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Bill James, whose Sabermetrics led to the whole Moneyball phenomenon, says something similar in his book Solid Fool’s Gold. As neuroscience writer Jonah Lehrer added in May's Wired, we should cultivate genius the way our sports system, from peewee league to the majors, cultivates athletes. Some schools have programs like Odyssey of the Mind, but every school has a sports program.