The Knowledge Deficit: Closing the Shocking Education Gap for American Children - Softcover

Hirsch Professor Of English, E. D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0618872256 ISBN 13: 9780618872251

Publisher: Mariner Books, 2007

Synopsis

The Knowledge Deficit illuminates the real issue in education today -- without an effective curriculum, American students are losing the global education race. In this persuasive book, the esteemed education critic, activist, and best-selling author E.D. Hirsch, Jr., shows that although schools are teaching the mechanics of reading, they fail to convey the knowledge needed for the more complex and essential skill of reading comprehension. Hirsch corrects popular misconceptions about hot issues in education, such as standardized testing, and takes to task educators' claims that they are powerless to overcome class differences. Ultimately, this essential book gives parents and teachers specific tools for enhancing children's abilities to fully understand what they read.

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About the Author

E.D. Hirsch, Jr. is the Linden Kent Memorial Professor of English at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, and the author of Cultural Literacy, The First Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, and The Core Knowledge Series. Dr. Hirsch is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and has been a senior fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities. He is president of the Core Knowledge Foundation, a nonprofit organization devoted to educational reform.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0618872256
• ISBN 13: 9780618872251
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 190