Cultural Literacy

Book • 1988

Mentioned by

Mentioned by

Victor Davis Hanson

as the author of a book with 500 terms that every educated person should know.

Mentioned by

Dr. Louis Markos

as a book by E.D. Hirsch that talks about how you can't have a democracy unless we share not only common words, but common themes and understandings.

Mentioned as a book by E.D. Hirsch who believes that there is a certain content that our students need to learn.

Mentioned by

Robert Pondiscio

when recalling criticism about imposing a dead white male canon on American education.

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Dan Hugger

in reference to the core knowledge curriculum in K-12 education.

Mentioned by

Dan Willingham

in relation to the Core Knowledge Foundation.

Mentioned by

Robert Pondiscio

as the first book by E.D. Hirsch, subtitled Not For Nothing.

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