E.D. Hirsch, Jr. is the founder and chair of the Core Knowledge Foundation and professor emeritus of education and humanities at the University of Virginia. His more recent book is The Making of Americans: Democracy and Our Schools.
Real literacy involves learning about the world, not just letters and sounds.
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