The Knowledge Deficit illuminates the real issue in education today -- without an effective curriculum, American students are losing the global education race. In this persuasive book, the esteemed education critic, activist, and best-selling author E.D. Hirsch, Jr., shows that although schools are teaching the mechanics of reading, they fail to convey the knowledge needed for the more complex and essential skill of reading comprehension. Hirsch corrects popular misconceptions about hot issues in education, such as standardized testing, and takes to task educators' claims that they are powerless to overcome class differences. Ultimately, this essential book gives parents and teachers specific tools for enhancing children's abilities to fully understand what they read.

• We started tracking this book on May 9, 2013.
• This book was $9.39 when we started tracking it.
• The price of this book has changed 36 times in the past 4,038 days.
• The current price of this book is $9.99 last checked 23 hours ago.
• This lowest price this book has been offered at in the past year is $2.99.
• The lowest price to date was $2.99 last reached on May 9, 2024.
• This book has been $2.99 4 times since we started tracking it.
• The highest price to date was $12.99 last reached on July 21, 2023.
• This book has been $12.99 2 times since we started tracking it.

• Education & Teaching

• Text-to-Speech: Disabled
• Lending: Disabled
• File Size: 1,345 KB