The Schools We Need

This powerful, compelling, and unassailable argument for reforming America's schooling methods and ideas is written by one of America's most important educators and author of the bestselling "Cultural Literacy."

E. D. Hirsch, Jr., is a professor at the University of Virginia and the author of the bestselling <b>Cultural Literacy</b> and <b>The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy</b>. He lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Acknowledgments
Epigraphs
Introduction: Failed Theories, Farnished Minds	p. 1
Intellectual Capital: A Civil Right	p. 17
An Impregnable Fortress	p. 48
Critique of a Thoughtworld	p. 69
Reality's Revenge: Education and Mainstream Research	p. 127
Test Evasion	p. 176
Summary and Conclusion	p. 215
Critical Guide to Educational Terms and Phrases	p. 239
Notes	p. 273
Bibliography	p. 290
Index	p. 303
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