“Schemata are our necessary instruments for making the surfaces of what we read connect significantly with the background knowledge that is wittheld… — E. D. Hirsch, Jr Background knowledge 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… — E. D. Hirsch, Jr Academic 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… — E. D. Hirsch, Jr Air Copy Share Image
The achievement of high universal literacy is the key to all other fundamental improvements in American education. — E. D. Hirsch, Jr Achievement Copy Share Image
