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In *Why Knowledge Matters*, E. D. Hirsch critiques common educational practices—over‑testing, teacher blame, and the fadeout of preschool—showing how cherished assumptions can have unintended negative effects. Using recent neuroscience research and new data from France, he argues that a coherent, knowledge‑based elementary curriculum is foundational for children’s life success and for ensuring equal opportunity across all backgrounds.
First publish date: 2016
Genre: Education & Language/Education
Authors: E. D. Hirsch
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📘 A First dictionary of cultural literacy
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Presents an outline of the knowledge that, according to the Cultural Literacy Foundation, should be acquired by the end of sixth grade, in such categories as literature, religion and philosophy, history, geography, mathematics, science, and technology.

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Deborah Meier explains how her leadership at Central Park East proves public schools can achieve high graduation and college rates, while advocating radical innovations such as small schools, choice, and real‑world learning to strengthen democracy.

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Hirsch shows why American students perform less well than students in other industrialized countries. Drawing on classroom observation, the history of ideas, and current scientific understanding of the patterns of intellectual growth, he builds the case that our schools have indeed made progress in teaching the mechanics of reading, but do not convey the more complex and essential content needed for reading comprehension. Hirsch reasons that literacy depends less on formal reading 'skills' and more on exposure to rich knowledge. His argument gives parents specific tools for enhancing their child's ability to read with comprehension; shows how No-Child-Left-Behind tests and SATs are measuring a kind of knowledge that is not being taught in our schools; and maps out how American schools can become a strong antidote to poverty and to the race-based achievement gap, and thus fulfill our democratic ideal for our children.--From publisher description.

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📘 The schools we need and why we don't have them
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📘 Books to build on
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