E.D. Hirsch, Jr. is the Linden Kent Memorial Professor of English
at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, and the author of
Cultural Literacy, The First Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, and
The Core Knowledge Series. Dr. Hirsch is a fellow of the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences, and has been a senior fellow of the
National Endowment for the Humanities. He is president of the Core
Knowledge Foundation, a nonprofit organization devoted to
educational reform.
James Trefil, the Clarence J. Robinson Professor of Physics at
George Mason University, is the author or coauthor of more than
thirty books, including The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy.
"Well written, well researched, and well worth the money." Library Journal --
Ask a Question About this Product More... |