Article Review 3
In the third article review of the semester I read Andrew Hacker’s Is Algebra Necessary? Hacker is a professor at Queens College in New York and also writes books. Within this article Hacker insists that we shouldn’t subject American students to algebra because too many students are expected to fail. He doesn’t only refer to algebra, but also math courses from geometry through calculus. He provides some data by saying “one in four ninth graders fail to finish high school” (Hacker,1). He then calls it a shame to the country. Of all the people to take on the journey of higher education he says that “only 58 percent end up with bachelor’s degrees” (Hacker,1). The main roadblock for this is freshman math. Students in the United
