Comments on: New Book by E.D. Hirsch Challenges Reformers of All Stripes http://educationnext.org/new-book-by-e-d-hirsch-challenges-reformers-of-all-stripes/ Education Next is a journal of opinion and research about education policy. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:19:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: George Mitchell http://educationnext.org/new-book-by-e-d-hirsch-challenges-reformers-of-all-stripes/comment-page-1/#comment-122 George Mitchell Mon, 31 Aug 2009 02:05:54 +0000 http://educationnext.org/?p=49628481#comment-122 One wonders what Hirsch would think about the "reading workshop" approach reported in today's NYTimes. One wonders what Hirsch would think about the “reading workshop” approach reported in today’s NYTimes.

]]> By: George Mitchell http://educationnext.org/new-book-by-e-d-hirsch-challenges-reformers-of-all-stripes/comment-page-1/#comment-109 George Mitchell Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:16:25 +0000 http://educationnext.org/?p=49628481#comment-109 "What he does not do–this book is more exhortation than manual–is to suggest a path through the organizational, political, ideological, and intellectual foes of his appealing and well-argued conception of what a proper public-education system would accomplish for the United States in the 21st century." In the event, I think I will stick to my library's one Hircsch volume, The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy. “What he does not do–this book is more exhortation than manual–is to suggest a path through the organizational, political, ideological, and intellectual foes of his appealing and well-argued conception of what a proper public-education system would accomplish for the United States in the 21st century.”

In the event, I think I will stick to my library’s one Hircsch volume, The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy.

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