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An edition of The making of Americans (2009)

The making of Americans

democracy and our schools

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From the bestselling author of Cultural Literacy, a passionate and cogent argument for reforming the way we teach our children Why, after decades of commissions, reforms, and efforts at innovation, do our schools continue to disappoint us? In this comprehensive and thought-provoking book, educational theorist E. D. Hirsch, Jr. offers a masterful analysis of how American ideas about education have veered off course, what we must do to right them, and most importantly why. He argues that the core problem with American education is that educational theorists, especially in the early grades, have for the past sixty years rejected academic content in favor of "child-centered" and "how-to" learning theories that are at odds with how children really learn. The result is failing schools and widening inequality, as only children from content-rich (usually better-off) homes can take advantage of the schools' educational methods. Hirsch unabashedly confronts the education establishment, arguing that a content-based curriculum is essential to addressing social and economic inequality. A nationwide, specific, grade-by-grade curriculum established in the early school grades can help fulfill one of America's oldest and most compelling dreams: to give all children, regardless of language, religion, or origins, the opportunity to participate as equals and become competent citizens. Hirsch not only reminds us of these inspiring ideals, he offers an ambitious and specific plan for achieving them.

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261

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The making of Americans: democracy and our schools
2009, Yale University Press
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2009, Yale University Press
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New Haven

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
371.010973
Library of Congress
LA217.2 .H57 2009, LA217.2.H57 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
261

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23197166M
Internet Archive
makingofamerican00hirs
ISBN 13
9780300152814
LCCN
2009011074
OCLC/WorldCat
317471821
Library Thing
8669911
Goodreads
6847008

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