Why knowledge matters : rescuing our children from failed educational theories /

In this provocative book, influential scholar 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 dev...

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Main Author: Hirsch, E. D., Jr. (Eric Donald), 1928- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard Education Press, [2016]
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