Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs To Know by E. D. Hirsch, James Trefil, Joseph F. Kett, Jim Meskimen In this forceful manifesto, Hirsch argues that children in the U.S. are being deprived of the basic knowledge that would enable them to function in contemporary society. Includes 5,000 essential facts to know. Format: Audiobook ISBN-13/ EAN: 9780358296959 ISBN-10: 0358296951 Pages: 0 Publication Date: 09/03/2019
About the Book About the Authors About the Book In this forceful manifesto, Hirsch argues that children in the U.S. are being deprived of the basic knowledge that would enable them to function in contemporary society. Includes 5,000 essential facts to know. Subjects Education Questions & Answers Testing & Measurement About the Author E. D. Hirsch E.D. Hirsch, Jr. is the Linden Kent Memorial Professor of English at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, and the author of Cultural Literacy, The First Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, and The Core Knowledge Series. Dr. Hirsch is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and has been a senior fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities. He is president of the Core Knowledge Foundation, a nonprofit organization devoted to educational reform. James Trefil James Trefil, the Clarence J. Robinson Professor of Physics at George Mason University, is the author or coauthor of more than thirty books, including The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy. Joseph F. Kett Jim Meskimen Excerpts Reviews