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Governors Brian Sandoval (R-NV) and Jack Markell (D-DE) talked about education and global competitiveness.

E.D. Hirsch, Jr., talked about his book The Making of Americans: Democracy and Our Schools (Yale University Press; September 15, 2009). In his book he argues that rejection of academic conte…

The participants discussed the national education program and ways that it can be improved. They focused on the teaching of factual knowledge versus the use of critical thought and on the se…

E.D. Hirsch talked about his book, The Schools We Need: And Why We Don’t Have Them. Mr. Hirsch talked about the need for education focused on a core knowledge program in which all students l…

Author E.D. Hirsh, Professor of English at the University of Virginia, was on to talk about his books about cultural literacy, which is the background knowledge you need to communicate with …