Education

The Making of Americans: Democracy and Our Schools

E.D. Hirsch, Jr.

About the Program

Dr. Hirsch argues that rejection of academic content in favor of child-centered, how-to methods of teaching are the problem with early education.  He says that closing the inequality gap means one actually has to teach a content-based curriculum in elementary school. The event is at the Manhattan Institute.

About the Authors

E.D. Hirsch, Jr.

E.D. Hirsch is an educator, author and proponent of cultural literacy.  He's Professor Emeritus at the University of Virginia and the founder of non-profit, non-partisan organization, Core Knowledge Foundation, dedicated to fairness and quality in early education.


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The Making of Americans: Democracy and Our Schools

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  • Sunday, January 24th at 2:15pm (ET)
  • Sunday, December 13th at 5:15pm (ET)
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