Sept. 14 - The Core Knowledge Charter School in Parker has 374 students in grades K-8 - and a waiting list of 1,200. Clearly, parents think the school is doing something right. People interested in ...

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 biggest new thing in American public education these days is a two-volume, 230-page, written-by-committee document called the Common Core State Standards. Forty-five states have pledged to the ...

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 ...

The best U.S. public schools—including those with high numbers of poor and minority kids—require more of students than state standards and Common Core, and school leaders attribute their success ...

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’ ...

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 ...

The Charlottesville-based Core Knowledge Foundation, a nonpartisan educational reform organization, is turning its attention to its own backyard. “We’re missing the boat in the state of Virginia,” ...