TY  - BOOK
N2  - 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.
AB  - 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.
T1  - Why knowledge matters :rescuing our children from failed educational theories /
AU  - Hirsch, E. D.
CN  - LB1570
CN  - LB1570
ID  - 770844
KW  - Education, Elementary
KW  - Educational change.
KW  - Educational accountability.
KW  - Education
KW  - Education
KW  - Educational innovations.
SN  - 9781612509525
SN  - 1612509525
SN  - 9781612509532
SN  - 1612509533
TI  - Why knowledge matters :rescuing our children from failed educational theories /
ER  -