@article{770844,
      author = {Hirsch, E. D.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/770844},
      title = {Why knowledge matters : rescuing our children from failed  educational theories /},
      abstract = {Educator E.D. Hirsch, Jr. addresses critical issues in  contemporary education reform -- over-testing, teacher  blaming, preschool fadeout, and the persistence of  achievement gaps over time. In each case, he shows how  cherished truisms about education and child development  have led to unintended and negative consequences. Drawing  on findings in neuroscience and data from France, he  provides evidence for the argument that a coherent,  knowledge-based elementary curriculum is essential to  providing the foundations for children's life success and  ensuring equal opportunity for students of all  backgrounds.},
      recid = {770844},
      pages = {270 pages :},
}