Our society cannot afford a two-tiered system in which the affluent have access to superior education, while everyone else is subjected to a dull and incoherent classroom experience. Academic excellence, educational equity, and fairness demand a strong foundation of knowledge… — E. D. Hirsch, Jr Copy Share Image
We have ignored cultural literacy in thinking about education We ignore the air we breathe until it is thin or foul. Cultural literacy is the oxygen of social intercourse. — E. D. Hirsch, Jr Copy Share Image
“Schemata are our necessary instruments for making the surfaces of what we read connect significantly with the background knowledge that is wittheld from immediate… — E. D. Hirsch, Jr Copy Share Image
Our society cannot afford a two-tiered system in which the affluent have access to superior education, while everyone else is subjected to a dull… — E. D. Hirsch, Jr Copy Share Image
We have ignored cultural literacy in thinking about education We ignore the air we breathe until it is thin or foul. Cultural literacy is… — E. D. Hirsch, Jr Copy Share Image
The achievement of high universal literacy is the key to all other fundamental improvements in American education. — E. D. Hirsch, Jr Copy Share Image
