• The data comes from a survey asking 1,010 Americans ages 16 – 25 to identify the greatest innovator of all time. The majority of surveyed young Americans – 52% – chose Edison (over Jobs) as the greatest innovator.
• 45 percent said that invention is not given enough attention in their school
• 28 percent said their education left them unprepared to enter the fields that lead to innovation, namely science, technology, engineering or math.

(From Mashable)