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According to a press release distribted through the ACM,

http://web.mit.edu/invent/n-pressreleases/n-press-08index.html

"The Lemelson-MIT Invention Index found that more than half of American teens (59 percent) do not believe their high school is preparing them adequately for a career in technology and engineering. The disparity is more pronounced among some groups historically under-represented in these fields. Nearly two-thirds of African-American teens (64 percent) and teen girls (67 percent) believe they are not prepared in school for these careers.

"Learning to invent is really no different than learning to throw a touchdown pass or play the trombone," said Schuler, noting that 40 percent of the teens who are most confident in their ability to invent are most likely to believe their high school is preparing them for a career in technology or engineering."

What makes this especially interesting, besides the focus in technology, is the Lemelson-MIT Invention Index. I have been thinking that we need other similar indexes, or newly designed learning-style tests to measure today's student's shift towards a more hyper-media culture. My thought is that the open source community gives us our best benchmark.

What do you think?

Write me and let me know. Or register, and post your ideas here.