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E. D. Hirsch Jr. is the founder and chairman of the Core Knowledge Foundation and professor emeritus of education and humanities at the University of Virginia. He is the author, most recently, of The Making of Americans: Democracy and Our Schools. (May 2010)
How to Save the Schools
The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education
by Diane Ravitch
May 13, 2010 issue
Carnal Knowledge
The Genesis of Secrecy: On the Interpretation of Narrative
by Frank Kermode
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