Knowledge Deficit
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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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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Contents
- Copyright
- Epigraph
- Preface
- 1. Why Do We Have a Knowledge Deficit?
- 2. Sounding Out: Just the Beginning of Reading
- 3. Knowledge of Language
- 4. Knowledge of Things
- 5. Using School Time Productively
- 6. Using Tests Productively
- 7. Achieving Commonality and Fairness
- Appendix: The Critical Importance of an Adequate Theory of Reading
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- About the Author
- Connect with HMH
