The mathematician Steve Strokett believes we should completely reshape high school math to de-emphasize drowning kids with an endless series of techniques and tools for solving problems they'll never ever see again in their lives. How do you design a course that will really just teach the beauty and just the over-vive view of math as a discipline? Just like we do music appreciation and art appreciation. What does math appreciation look like?
Talithia Williams thinks you should rigorously track your body's data. She and Steve Levitt trade birth stories and bemoan the state of STEM education.