{"product_id":"the-schools-we-need-and-why-we-dont-have-them","title":"The Schools We Need: And Why We Don't Have Them","description":"This paperback edition, with a new introduction, offers a powerful, compelling, and unassailable argument for reforming America's schooling methods and ideas--by one of America's most important educators, and author of the bestselling Cultural Literacy.\n\nFor over fifty years, American schools have operated under the assumption that challenging children academically is unnatural for them, that teachers do not need to know the subjects they teach, that the learning \"process\" should be emphasized over the facts taught. All of this is tragically wrong.\n\nRenowned educator and author E. D. Hirsch, Jr., argues that, by disdaining content-based curricula while favoring abstract--and discredited--theories of how a child learns, the ideas uniformly taught by our schools have done terrible harm to America's students. Instead of preparing our children for the highly competitive, information-based economy in which we now live, our schools' practices have severely curtailed their ability, and desire, to learn.\n\nWith an introduction that surveys developments in education since the hardcover edition was published, The Schools We Need is a passionate and thoughtful book that will appeal to the millions of people who can't understand why America's schools aren't educating our children.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0385495242\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: 31UI56000TBC_ns\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:E.D. Hirsch Jr.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43667623051325,"sku":"31UI56000TBC_ns","price":6.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0385495242-0.jpg?v=1790027696","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-schools-we-need-and-why-we-dont-have-them","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}