By John Adam As a young boy growing up in the English countryside, I never paid much attention to nature. Then, around the age of 12, I developed a passion for astronomy, sparked by the amateur astronomer, Patrick Moore, who hosted a BBC TV show called “The Sky At Night.” He even had his own...

By Keith Devlin @KeithDevlin@fediscience.org, @profkeithdevlin.bsky.social The title question applies—and has often been asked and debated—at both school and (first-year) university level. The issue is particularly acute for 9th Grade high school students with regard to Algebra 1. If they fail that course, they are unlikely to meet the admissions requirements when they apply to college as...