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 | The Knowledge Deficit: Closing the Shocking Education Gap for American Children By E. D. Hirsch ISBN: 9780618872251 UPC: 046442872256 ASIN: B005K6GT4A ASIN: B003JTHWCI EAN: 0046442872256 Published: 2007 Number of Pages: 192 Edition: Reprint Binding: Paperback |
Pricing & Availability:Additional Details: Product Type: Book Publisher: Mariner Books Description: In The Knowledge Deficit, the esteemed education critic, activist, and best-selling author E. D. Hirsch, Jr., illuminates the real issue in education today: without an effective curriculum, American students are losing the global education race. This book 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. Hirsch explains why schools have taken the wrong path in response to No Child Left Behind, and 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. In the end, Hirsch gives parents and teachers specific tools for enhancing children’s abilities to fully understand what they read. | |