The knowledge deficit : closing the shocking education gap for American children /
Hirsch, E. D. 1928-
The knowledge deficit : closing the shocking education gap for American children / E.D. Hirsch, Jr. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2006. - xiii, 169 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-158) and index.
Why do we have a knowledge deficit? -- Sounding out : just the beginning of reading -- Knowledge of language -- Knowledge of things -- Using school time productively -- Using tests productively -- Achieving commonality and fairness.
Provides an analysis of the state of modern American education to trace a link between a lack of reading comprehension and poor performance and furnishes specific tools for parents to enhance a child's ability to read with comprehension.
0618657312 : HRD $22.00
Houghton Mifflin, Attn Trade Order Processing 181 Ballardvale st, Wilmington, MA, USA, 01887 SAN 215-3793
2005023075
Reading.
Reading--United States.
Literacy--United States.
Education--Philosophy.--United States
LB1050 / .H567 2006
428.4/071
The knowledge deficit : closing the shocking education gap for American children / E.D. Hirsch, Jr. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2006. - xiii, 169 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-158) and index.
Why do we have a knowledge deficit? -- Sounding out : just the beginning of reading -- Knowledge of language -- Knowledge of things -- Using school time productively -- Using tests productively -- Achieving commonality and fairness.
Provides an analysis of the state of modern American education to trace a link between a lack of reading comprehension and poor performance and furnishes specific tools for parents to enhance a child's ability to read with comprehension.
0618657312 : HRD $22.00
Houghton Mifflin, Attn Trade Order Processing 181 Ballardvale st, Wilmington, MA, USA, 01887 SAN 215-3793
2005023075
Reading.
Reading--United States.
Literacy--United States.
Education--Philosophy.--United States
LB1050 / .H567 2006
428.4/071