The Knowledge Deficit: Closing the Shocking Education Gap for American Children
- ISBN-10
- 0547346964
- ISBN-13
- 9780547346960
- Category
- Education
- Pages
- 192
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-04-01
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Author
- E. D. Hirsch
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.
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