Why do we inflict algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and even calculus on all young Americans, regardless of their interests or aptitudes? asks American political scientist and public intellectual Andrew Hacker. His 2012 New York Times op-ed questioning common core mathematics requirements became one of the paper’s most widely circulated articles. Though Hacker honors mathematics as a calling and extols its glories and its goals, he argues in The Math Myth and Other STEM Delusions (2015) that mandating it for everyone prevents other talents from being developed. Andrew Hacker is Professor Emeritus at Queens College, City University of New York. His lecture is co-sponsored by Literacy Studies, Mathematics, and the College of Education and Human Ecology.
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