I recently ordered a book. The title is “The Math Myth — and Other STEM Delusions.” Andrew Hacker is the author. He has impeccable credentials, and has written more than 10 books. He was also a math ...

I’m watching my older son tackle algebra now, and thinking about how over the course of my life, I’ve used exactly none of the math I learned after arithmetic. I hated math, and knew early on that ...