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Eric "E. D." Donald Hirsch Jr. / h ɜːr ʃ / (born March 22 1928) is an American educator, literary critic, and theorist of education. [1] He is professor emeritus of humanities at the University of Virginia .
E.D. Hirsch, Jr. is the founder of the Core Knowledge Foundation and professor emeritus of education and humanities at the University of Virginia. He is the author of several acclaimed books on education in which he has persisted as a voice of reason making the case for equality of educational opportunity.
Apr 13, 2023 · A remarkable long-term study by University of Virginia researchers led by David Grissmer demonstrates unusually robust and beneficial effects on reading achievement among students in schools that teach E.D. Hirsch’s Core Knowledge sequence.
E.D. Hirsch, Jr. (born March 22, 1928, Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.) is an American literary critic and educator who is best known for his Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know (1987).
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In various chapters Dr. Hirsch analyzes specific obstacles to the embrace of communal knowledge as the central goal of schooling. He notes the pernicious pressure of high-stakes tests that drive teachers to focus instruction on skills in language arts and math while crowding out history, geography, science, literature, and the arts.
Feb 6, 2013 · Dr. Charles S. Hirsch, who had served since 1989, developed the nation’s largest DNA laboratory to help identify the victims of the Sept. 11 attack.
Lawrence J. Hirsch, MD, is Professor of Neurology, Chief of the Division of Epilepsy and EEG, Co-Director of the Yale Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, and Co-Director of the Critical Care EEG Monitoring Program.
