| The Knowledge Deficit Contributor(s): Hirsch, E. D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0618872256 ISBN-13: 9780618872251 Publisher: Harvest Publications OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2007 Annotation: An insightful thinker on what schools teach shows why American students are losing the global education race and performing worse than students in other industrialized countries. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Educational Policy & Reform - Education | Elementary - Education | Inclusive Education |
| Dewey: 428.407 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.40 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hirsch, E. D.: - 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. |