Presents the opinions of educators on what every third-grade child should know, offering information on such subjects as history, fine arts, geography, math, science, and technology

A thoroughly updated edition of the classic educational resource covers the essentials of math, language arts, science, geography, art, and technology essentials as identified by the Core Knowledge Foundation.

Offers a plan for reforming American education by emphasizing the teaching of facts and skills rather than the 'hands-off' encouragement of independent learning

A guide to help parents and teachers select some of the best books for children in grades K-6

Product Description: Fully updated for the twenty-first century, The New First Dictionary of Cultural Literacy lists essential facts in twenty-one subject areas to promote successful learning in kids. Child education expert E. D. Hirsch Jr. cuts through the wealth of information available today to highlight terms that a child should be familiar with by the end of sixth grade...read more

Product Description: Instead of preparing our children for the highly competitive, information-based economy in which we now live, our American school practices have severely curtailed their ability, and desire, to learn. But renowned educator E. D. Hirsch, Jr. has a solution.

Argues that American children are deprived of cultural literacy.

Hirsch shows why American students perform less well than students in other industrialized countries. Drawing on classroom observation, the history of ideas, and current scientific understanding of the patterns of intellectual growth, he builds the case that our schools have indeed made progress in teaching the mechanics of reading, but do not convey the more complex and essential content needed for reading comprehension. Hirsch reasons that literacy depends less on formal reading 'skills' and more on exposure to rich knowledge. His argument gives parents specific tools for enhancing their child's ability to read with comprehension; shows how No-Child-Left-Behind tests and SATs are measuring a kind of knowledge that is not being taught in our schools; and maps out how American schools can become a strong antidote to poverty and to the race-based achievement gap, and thus fulfill our democratic ideal for our children.--From publisher description.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.

Shows parents what their sixth grader needs to know in order to gain the fundamentals he or she needs to make progress in school and be effective in society, offering practical suggestions and curriculum recommendations that cover such areas as music, literature, history and geography, the visual arts, mathematics, and science.

The updated volume in the popular Core Knowledge series inspired by the best-seller Cultural Literacy provides fifth-graders with fundamental knowledge about language arts, fine arts, history, geography, mathematics, and science, among other important subject areas. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

Product Description: The expert contributors to this volume assess recent court actions in school adequacy lawsuits and their impact on student outcomes. They show that simply throwing more resources at the problem has not brought about a solution and call for changes centered around accountability, incentives, and more informed parents and policymakers...read more

An updated edition of the compendium defining the core of knowledge that all literate Americans should understand features hundreds of illustrations, maps, and photographs and encompasses a new multicultural focus and recent world events, technological advances, literature, and politics. 75,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

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Product Description: Book by Core Knowledge Programs (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: THE AGE OF EXPLORATION, PUPIL EDITION, GRADE 5

Product Description: Core Knowledge History and Geography Level 6 This flexible program, edited by Core Knowledge founder E.D. Hirsch, Jr. follows the Core Knowledge Sequence to teach key history and geography topics at each consecutive level. With this program, students can build a unified, solid base of academic knowledge - the key to overall literacy and future success...read more

The author of the controversial Cultural Literacy presents the opinions of educators on what every third-grade child should know, offering information on such subjects as history, fine arts, geography, math, science, and technology, in a thoroughly revised and redesigned educational handbook.

Product Description: Select one Student Book with all units bound together or individual units to provide more depth to an existing curriculum. Individual units may be purchased as a single copy or in packs of six copies of the same title.Book Details:Format: PaperbackPublication Date: 8/15/2001Pages: 396Reading Level: Age 10 and U...read more

Reflecting the suggestions of scores of parents and schools currently using the popular series to which it belongs, a revised edition of the educational guide features thirty-two pages of color photographs and illustrations to gain children's attention more easily. Reprint.

Product Description: A companion volume to the highly successful series of textbooks for grades one through six, Books to Build On lists books and other print resources--organized by topic--related to the material covered in the textbooks, designed to encourage further study.