1. E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
Educational Giant 1928- Present

2. •Born
Eric Donald Hirsch, Jr.
March 22, 1928 in Memphis, Tennessee
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Graduated from Cornell
University in 1950.
Graduated with his doctorate
from Yale University in 1957.
Taught at Yale for nearly a
decade.
Accepted a professorship at
university of Virginia in the
late 60’s.

3. Cultural Literacy
1987
“Cultural Literacy constitutes
the only sure avenue of
opportunity for
disadvantaged children.”
The book was on the New York
times best seller list for 26 weeks

4. A few books by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.

5. What he demands is
accountability and
demonstrable results
based on a contentfilled core curriculum.
Hirsch said, “I’m a
pragmatist, and I’ll
welcome any method
that truly
works.”(Goldberg, 1997)

6. References
Baker, A. (2013, Sept. 27). Culture warrior, gaining ground e. d. Hirsch sees his
education theories taking hold. The New York Times. Retrieved from
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/28/books/e-d-hirsch-sees-his-educationtheories-taking-hold.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&
E. d. Hirsch, Jr.. (2013). Retrieved from
http://www.coreknowledge.org/mimik/mimik_live_data/view.php?id=1833
&record_id=20
E. D. Hirsch, Jr. In (2013). Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wikimedia.
Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.D._Hirsch
Goldberg, M. F. (1997). Doing what works. Phi Delta Kappan, 79(1), 83.
Stern, S. (2009). E.D. Hirsch's curriculum for democracy. City Journal, 19(4),
Retrieved from http://www.city-journal.org/2009/19_4_hirsch.html
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