Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know - Hardcover

Hirsch, E. D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 039543095X ISBN 13: 9780395430958

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 1987

Synopsis

An argument for establishing a core curriculum of the basic information everyone needs to know, based on the author's hypothesis that being culturally literate is the foundation of intellectual competence.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

In this forceful manifesto, Hirsch argues that children in the U.S. are being deprived of the basic knowledge that would enable them to function in contemporary society. Includes 5,000 essential facts to know.

About the Author:

E. D. Hirsch, Jr. is the author of several acclaimed books on education issues, including the bestseller Cultural Literacy. With his subsequent books The Schools We Need and Why We Don’t Have Them, The Knowledge Deficit, The Making of Americans, and Why Knowledge Matters, Dr. Hirsch solidified his reputation as one of the most influential education reformers of our time. Dr. Hirsch is the founder of the Core Knowledge Foundation and professor emeritus of education and humanities at the University of Virginia. He lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 039543095X
• ISBN 13: 9780395430958
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 251