{"product_id":"9781620973912","title":"The Math Myth: And Other STEM Delusions","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe “lively” (\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e), provocative, much-talked-about book that challenges the mandate for all students to master a full menu of mathematics, from the bestselling author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Andrew Hacker published an op-ed in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e questioning the requirement of advanced mathematics in schools, it instantly became one of the paper’s most widely circulated articles. Why, he wondered, do we inflict algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and even calculus on all young Americans, regardless of their interests and aptitudes? In response to the controversy sparked by his ideas, Hacker fleshed out his arguments in \u003cem\u003eThe Math Myth\u003c\/em\u003e, which Diane Ravitch has hailed as an “important book” that “demolishes some totally unrealistic policies that will prevent many students from ever receiving a high school diploma and leading useful lives.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a book Howard Gardner calls “important and timely—and a great read,” Hacker offers a bold examination of widely held assumptions about the Common Core curriculum, the frenzied emphasis on STEM, and the type of knowledge that is—and will be—needed for most jobs. A mathematics professor himself, Hacker, in this “direct and clear” (\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e) “worthwhile read” (\u003cem\u003eNational Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e), honors mathematics as a calling and extols its glories and its goals—yet shows how mandating it for everyone not only prevents other talents from being developed, but acts as an irrational barrier to graduation and fulfilling careers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Press, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47051841732848,"sku":"9781620973912","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781620973912_p0.jpg?v=1772500319","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781620973912","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}