"A must-read for parents and teachers, this major bestseller reveals how cultural literacy is the hidden key to effective education and presents 5000 facts that every literate American should know. In this forceful manifesto Professor E. D. Hirsch, Jr., argues that children in the United States are being deprived of the basic knowledge that would enable them to function in contemporary society. They lack cultural literacy: a grasp of bac ..."
"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, and discusses how to enable students to make sense of what they read through prior knowledge of events, etc."
What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know(Updated) (Revised and ): Preparing Your Child for a Lifetime of Learning (The Core Knowledge Series) by E. D. Hirsch Paperback, 512 Pages, Published 2014 by Bantam ISBN-13: 978-0-553-39238-8, ISBN: 0-553-39238-7
What Your Second Grader Needs to Know(Updated) (Revised and ): Fundamentals of a Good Second-Grade Education (The Core Knowledge Series) by Eric Donald Hirsch Paperback, 528 Pages, Published 2014 by Bantam ISBN-13: 978-0-553-39240-1, ISBN: 0-553-39240-9