Education Week

‘Core Knowledge’ Reading Set for 11 Schools in N.Y.C.

Eleven New York City schools will use a new reading program this school year developed by the Core Knowledge Foundation that includes explicit skills instruction as well as texts to build students’ ...
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Core Knowledge Foundation

that was founded in 1986 by E. D. Hirsch, Jr., professor emeritus at the University of Virginia and author of 'The Knowledge Deficit', 'Cultural Literacy', and 'The Schools We Need and Why We Don't ...
The Hechinger Report

The buzz around teaching facts to boost reading is bigger than the evidence for it

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. Over the past ...
Hartford Courant

MILNER STUDENTS WILL BE EXPOSED TO ‘CORE KNOWLEDGE’

It will be back to basics – math and art and literature and science and other stuff every child should know – when Milner Elementary, the city’s lowest performing school, transforms into a Core ...
The New York Times

A Foundation of Phonics and Knowledge Is Key to Literacy

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 books, including ...
Education Week

Core Knowledge to Link Curriculum to Core Standards

Corrected: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that the print version of the Core Knowledge standards will be given away for free. The foundation will make the standards available for ...