Andrew Hacker is the author of ten books, including The Math Myth: And Other STEM Delusions (The New Press) and the New York Times bestseller Two Nations. He teaches at Queens College and lives in New York City.
Praise for The Math Myth:
"Not one to decelerate, at 86 [Hacker] is doing nothing less than
taking on the mathosphere."
--New York Times Education Life "In the meantime, it's probably a
good idea to give students multiple math pathways toward high
school and college graduation--some less challenging than others.
If we don't, we'll be punishing kids for the failures of an entire
system."
--Slate "The Math Myth is a worthwhile read, even if you are among
the educators who become apoplectic at the suggestion that students
shouldn't have to grapple with polynomial functions."
--National Book Review "Hacker's accessible arguments offer plenty
to think about and should serve as a clarion call to students,
parents, and educators who decry the one-size-fits-all approach to
schooling."
--Publishers Weekly (starred) "A lively argument against the
assumption that if the United States is to stay competitive in a
global economy, our students require advanced training in
mathematics."
--Kirkus Reviews "[I]mportant and timely--and a great read."
--Howard Gardner, Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of
Education and author of The Unschooled Mind "Andrew Hacker exposes
the inconvenient truth that the majority of college students will
never need to use quadratic equations in their majors and even
fewer will ever need them on the job. Hacker shows convincingly
that our current math curriculum has become too much of a good
thing--an artificial barrier to the deeper learning at the heart of
true vocations."
--Anthony Carnevale, Director of the Georgetown University Center
on Education and the Workforce
"In a friendly and accessible style, Hacker. . . systematically
demolishes every argument used to support the advanced-math-for-all
position. His book is now my go-to resource on this topic."
--Alfie Kohn, author of Schooling Beyond Measure and The Homework
Myth "The Math Myth is an important book. Hacker demolishes some
totally unrealistic policies that will prevent many students from
ever receiving a high school diploma and leading useful lives."
--Diane Ravitch, author of Reign of Error and The Death and Life of
the Great American School System "I love every single word and
idea. Andrew Hacker may make some enemies, but truth is truth!"
--Debora Meier, author of In Schools We Trust and The Power of
Their Ideas Praise for Mismatch:
"Few people writing today for a general audience can make more
sense of numbers."
--The Wall Street Journal Praise for Money:
"A political scientist doing with statistics what Fred Astaire did
with hats, canes, and chairs...He doesn't crunch numbers, he makes
them live and breathe."
--Newsweek Praise for Two Nations:
"His insights into the racial wounds that refuse to close are
searing, and urgently need to be addressed."
--Kirkus Reviews "Witty at times and searingly direct."
--Publishers Weekly Praise for Higher Education?:
"Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus have written a lucid, passionate
and wide-ranging book on the state of American higher
education."
--The New York Times
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