E. D. Hirsch, Jr., is a professor at the University of Virginia and the author of the bestselling Cultural Literacy and The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy. He lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.
"Offers a penetrating and compelling analysis of how, despite the
good intentions of educators, bad ideas and failed theories now
characterize American education."
--The Indianapolis Star
"A brilliant, combative, and intensely practical discussion of how
our education system got into its current mess and what we must do
to pull it out."
--Donna Fowler, American Federation of Teachers
"A damning, highly provocative, full-scale assault on today's
educational establishment."
--Publishers Weekly
The author of the much-discussed Cultural Literacy considers the faulty premises behind U.S. education.
"Offers a penetrating and compelling analysis of how, despite the
good intentions of educators, bad ideas and failed theories now
characterize American education."
--The Indianapolis Star
"A brilliant, combative, and intensely practical discussion of how
our education system got into its current mess and what we must do
to pull it out."
--Donna Fowler, American Federation of Teachers
"A damning, highly provocative, full-scale assault on today's
educational establishment."
--Publishers Weekly
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