The Math Myth

If we examine why so many students don’t graduate High School, we find that failure to succeed at High School math is often at the core of the problem.  Yet we are told almost every day that STEM and that math are the keys to the kingdom of success in the 21st Century.The fact is that most jobs, even very good ones, don't require the geometry, the algebra, the trigonometry that we  are forced to lean in High School.  What they do require is a high degree of numeric literacy, critical and quantitative thinking and the ability to fully understand computation.  That’s not what we are teaching.  Math Professor Andrew Hacker, took on this subject back in 2012 in a NY Times op ed pieces and the controversy hasn’t stopped. Now he’s out with a book entitled The Math Myth: And Other STEM Delusions.My conversation with Andrew Hacker Get full access to Talk Cocktail Podcast at jeffschechtman.substack.com/subscribe