A few years ago, I read E.D. Hirsch’s Cultural Literacy, a transformative appeal for steering American K-12 education toward deeper academic content and, more fundamentally, toward the primacy of knowledge. The book was a key reason I decided to attend Stanford University’s graduate program in education policy and leadership and reenter the world of education. […]
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Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by RealClear Wire on April 25, 2024 and is crossposted here with permission. Our K-12 educational system is designed to serve much less than 50 percent of American students. For decades the cry has been that “all kids must go to college.” Yet, only a minority do so and fewer graduate. […]
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Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by RealClearEducation on March 9, 2022, and is republished here with permission. The CDC has changed its list of children’s developmental milestones for infants and young children, marking the first update of its kind since 2004. The move has generally been portrayed in the media as a positive adjustment, with claims that it […]
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