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As the mother of a fourth-grade girl with jaw-dropping mathematical prowess, I stand in terror of the coming onslaught of adolescent self-censorship.  Everyone "knows" that even (or perhaps especially) gifted girls drop math in favor of eating disorders and cutting in middle school, right?  

Is it true?

Not so much.  In recent years the math performance gap between boys and girls has disappeared.  In our nation's high schools, girls' scores on state standardized tests now …