Maggie's Farm

I've long been an E D Hirsch fan as his Core Curriculum methodology is the only educational approach that makes any sense to me. It is more than ironic that his comrades on the left have been so much opposed to his CC approach. If they had adopted the E D Hirsch approach, their mission of re-education would have been accomplished at public expense.

I have seen some of Hirsch's curriculum topic outlines in history and social studies and they are, as expected, heavily biased toward the left. A charter school meeting my expectations would adopt his Core Curriculum approach and re-write the content in these areas.

Then you would have education to meet the primary goal of American education: To educate children in grades K-12 about the skills needed to succeed in this world, particularly reading and vocabulary, and being a good citizen of the USA. Does anyone know of a charter school using the Hirsch CC approach? I am sure they are out there.

BD, thanks, for reminding me. I suspect it may be the key educational reason why parents will sacrifice to send their children to private schools. And, as I recall, Catholic parochial schools have long utilized the Core Curriculum approach. I am interested in the charter school movement where children can apply public school tuition credit for enrollment. Anyone know of a program like this anywhere?