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  • How to Educate a Citizen

    The Power of Shared Knowledge to Unify a Nation

    by E. D. Hirsch ...
    Why a dumbed-down curriculum is bad for our democracy: "A persuasive, scientifically sound case for an education revolution." — Shelf AwarenessIn How to Educate a Citizen, E.D. Hirsch continues the conversation he began thirty years ago with his classic bestseller Cultural Literacy, urging America's public schools, particularly at the elementary level, to educate our children more effectively to ... Read more

    $15.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Knowledge Deficit

    Closing the Shocking Education Gap for American Children

    by E. D. Hirsch ...
    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 ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Making of Americans

    Democracy and Our Schools

    by E. D. Hirsch ...
    From the bestselling author of Cultural Literacy, a passionate and cogent argument for reforming the way we teach our children.Why, after decades of commissions, reforms, and efforts at innovation, do our schools continue to disappoint us? In this comprehensive book, educational theorist E. D. Hirsch, Jr. masterfully analyzes how American ideas about education have veered off course, what we must ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Why Knowledge Matters

    Rescuing Our Children from Failed Educational Theories

    by E. D. Hirsch Jr. ...
    In Why Knowledge Matters, E. D. Hirsch, Jr., presents evidence from cognitive science, sociology, and education history to further the argument for a knowledge-based elementary curriculum.Influential scholar Hirsch, author of The Knowledge Deficit, asserts that a carefully planned curriculum that imparts communal knowledge is essential in achieving one of the most fundamental aims and objectives ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • The Schools We Need

    And Why We Don't Have Them

    by E.D. Hirsch Jr. ...
    This paperback edition, with a new introduction, offers a powerful, compelling, and unassailable argument for reforming America's schooling methods and ideas--by one of America's most important educators, and author of the bestselling Cultural Literacy.For over fifty years, American schools have operated under the assumption that challenging children academically is unnatural for them, that ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Books to Build On

    A Grade-By-Grade Resource Guide for Parents and Teachers

    by E.D. Hirsch Jr. ...
    Series series The Core Knowledge Series
    The invaluable grade-by-grade guide (kindergarten—sixth) is designed to help parents and teachers select some of the best books for children.Books to Build On recommends:• for kindergartners, lively collections of poetry and stories, such as The Children’s Aesop, and imaginative alphabet books such as Bill Martin, Jr.’s Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and Lucy Micklewait’s I Spy: An Alphabet in Art• for ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • What Your First Grader Needs to Know (Revised and Updated)

    Fundamentals of a Good First-Grade Education

    by E.D. Hirsch Jr. ...
    Series series The Core Knowledge Series
    Give your child a smart start with the revised and updatedWhat Your First Grader Needs to KnowWhat will your child be expected to learn in the first grade? How can you help him or her at home? How can teachers foster active, successful learning in the classroom? This book answers these all-important questions and more, offering the specific shared knowledge that hundreds of parents and teachers ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • What Your Third Grader Needs to Know (Revised and Updated)

    Fundamentals of a Good Third-Grade Education

    by E.D. Hirsch Jr. ...
    Series series The Core Knowledge Series
    Give your child a smart start with the revised and updatedWhat Your Third Grader Needs to KnowWhat should your child learn in the third grade? How can you help him or her at home? This book answers these important questions and more, offering the specific shared knowledge that thousands of parents and teachers across the nation have agreed upon for American third graders. Featuring sixteen pages ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • What Your Sixth Grader Needs to Know

    Fundamentals of a Good Sixth-Grade Education, Revised Edition

    by E.D. Hirsch Jr. ...
    Series series The Core Knowledge Series
    Grade by grade, these groundbreaking and successful books provide a solid foundation in the fundamentals of a good education for first to sixth graders.B & W photographs, linecuts, and maps throughout; two-color printing. ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know (Revised and updated)

    Preparing Your Child for a Lifetime of Learning

    by John Holdren, E.D. Hirsch Jr. ...
    Series series The Core Knowledge Series
    With its comprehensive curriculum providing a sound basis in the fundamentals of math, art, history, language arts, science, and technology, the phenomenally successful Core Knowledge series has become an esteemed tool for parents and teachers striving to better educate today's children. And since it is agreed that the first years of schooling are crucial to a child's lifetime educational ... Read more

    Was $14.99 USD Now $12.99 USD

  • Civic Education and the Future of American Citizenship

    by John Agresto, Peter A. Benoliel, Jeff Bergner, Bruce Cole, E. D. Hirsch, Andrea Radasanu, Lisa Spiller, Jonathan Yonan, Dana Gioia, Mark Bauerlein, Wilfred M. McClay ...
    The Founders of this nation believed that the government they were creating required a civically educated populace. Such an education aimed to cultivate enlightened, informed, and vigilant citizens who could perpetuate and improve the nation. Unfortunately, America’s contemporary youth seem to lack adequate opportunities, if not also the ability or will, to critically examine the foundations of ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • What Your Fourth Grader Needs to Know (Revised and Updated)

    Fundamentals of a Good Fourth-Grade Education

    by E.D. Hirsch Jr. ...
    Series series The Core Knowledge Series
    Give your child a smart start with the revised and updatedWhat Your Fourth Grader Needs to KnowHow can you help your child at home? This book answers that important question and more, offering the specific shared knowledge that thousands of parents and teachers across the nation have agreed upon for American fourth graders. Featuring full-color illustrations throughout, a bolder, easier-to-follow ... Read more

    $11.99 USD