Broad clickbait title when the article focuses on standardized testing amongst low-income minorities.

More than just minorities, the wasted talent problem extends even to the elite. Ivy League students aspire to work in investment banking and management consulting. The finance industry is one of the biggest modern-day brain drains.

The real wasted talent is in the modern day labor market. We need to invest more in the jobs we want to see - otherwise our brightest minds will continue to waste their lives making money for wealthy people instead of working on the important problems.