The Schools We Need
And Why We Don’t Have Them
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Narrated by:
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Anna Fields
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By:
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E. D. Hirsch
A child’s mind is hungry for knowledge, stimulation, and the excitement of learning which school should provide—yet most American schools fall far short. From kindergarten through high school, our public educational system is among the worst in the developed world. In disdaining content-based curricula for abstract (and discredited) theories of how a child learns, our schools have done terrible harm to America’s students. Instead of preparing them for the highly competitive, information-based economy in which we now live, our school practices have severely curtailed their ability—and desire—to learn. But research has shown that if children are taught in ways that emphasize hard work, the learning of facts, and rigorous testing, their enthusiasm for school will grow, their test scores will rise, and they will become successful citizens of the information age.
©1996 E. D. Hirsch, Jr. (P)1997 Blackstone Audio, Inc.Critic reviews
“[Hirsch’s] book presents a sophisticated, scholarly and often compelling argument and it deserves serious consideration, whatever one’s political predilections.”
(New York Times Book Review)“Offers a penetrating and compelling analysis of how, despite the good intentions of educators, bad ideas and failed theories now characterize American education.”
(Indianapolis Star)“A damning, highly provocative, full-scale assault on today’s educational establishment.”
(Publishers Weekly)“An on-target indictment of an educational system that refuses to recognize the madness in its teaching methods.”
(Kirkus Reviews)“A brilliant, combative, and intensely practical discussion of how our education system got into its current mess and what we must do to pull it out.”
(Donna Fowler, American Federation of Teachers)