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E.D. Hirsch Jr.

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Born: March 21 1928

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E. D. Hirsch, Jr. is the founder and chairman of the Core Knowledge Foundation and professor emeritus of education and humanities at the University of Virginia. He is the author of several acclaimed books on education in which he has persisted as a voice of reason making the case for equality of educational opportunity.

A highly regarded literary critic and professor of English earlier in his career, Dr. Hirsch recalls being “shocked into education reform” while doing research on written composition at a pair of colleges in Virginia. During these studies he observed that a student’s ability to comprehend a passage was determined in part by the relative readability of the text, but even more by the student’s background knowledge.

This research led Dr. Hirsch to develop his concept of cultural literacy—the idea that reading comprehension requires not just formal decoding skills but also wide-ranging background knowledge. In 1986 he founded the Core Knowledge Foundation. A year later he published Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know, which remained at the top of the New York Times bestseller list for more than six months. His subsequent books include The Schools We Need, The Knowledge Deficit, The Making of Americans, and most recently, How to Educate a Citizen: The Power of Shared Knowledge to Unify a Nation.

In 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 in Preschool – Grade 8, to educate our children using common, coherent and sequenced curricula to help heal and preserve the nation.

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E.D. Hirsch Jr.

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Books from E.D. Hirsch Jr.

Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know

What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know: Preparing Your Child for a Lifetime of Learning

What Your First Grader Needs to Know: Fundamentals of a Good First-Grade Education

What Your Preschooler Needs to Know: Read-Alouds to Get Ready for Kindergarten

The Schools We Need: And Why We Don't Have Them

The Knowledge Deficit: Closing the Shocking Education Gap for American Children

What Your Second Grader Needs to Know: Fundamentals of a Good Second Grade Education

What Your Third Grader Needs to Know: Fundamentals of a Good Third-Grade Education

How to Educate a Citizen: The Power of Shared Knowledge to Unify a Nation

What Your Fourth Grader Needs to Know: Fundamentals of A Good Fourth-Grade Education

The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy

A First Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Our Children Need to Know

The New First Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Your Child Needs to Know

Maya, Aztec, and Inca Civilizations—CKHG Reader (Core Knowledge History and Geography)

The Earliest Americans—CKHG Reader (Core Knowledge History and Geography)

Realms of Gold: 1

Books to Build On: A Grade-By-Grade Resource Guide for Parents and Teachers

Core Knowledge: Grade 2 - Teacher Handbook (The Teacher Handbook Series)

What Your 6th Grader Needs to Know: Fundamentals of a Good Sixth-Grade Education (Core Knowledge Series)