E. D. Hirsch: Difference between revisions

In his 20152014 article published by [[Thomas B. Fordham Institute]], [[Robert Pondiscio]], the author of ''[[How the Other Half Learns]]'' in which he reviewed [[Success Academy Charter Schools|Success Academy]], Pondiscio said if the [[Common Core State Standards Initiative]] was "properly understood and implemented", it would be a "delivery mechanism" for Hirsch's "ideas and work" and his Core Knowledge curriculum.<ref name="Fordham_Pondiscio_20140904">{{Citation | last = Pondiscio | first = Robert | title = Connecting the dots: E. D. Hirsch, Jr., and Common Core | newspaper = Common Core Watch Blog | date = September 4, 2014 | url = http://edexcellence.net/articles/connecting-the-dots-e-d-hirsch-jr-and-common-core | access-date = February 7, 2015}}</ref> Hirsch was not directly involved in developing the Common Core State Standards adopted in 46 states and the District of Columbia, some education watchers credit E.&nbsp;D. Hirsch as having provided the "intellectual foundation" for the initiative.<ref name="Stern_200908"/><ref name="Politico_Tyre_201409">{{Citation | last = Tyre | first = Peg | title = I've Been a Pariah for So Long | newspaper = Politico Magazine | date = September 2014 | url = http://www.politico.com/magazine/politico50/2014/ive-been-a-pariah-for-so-long.html | access-date = February 2, 2015}}</ref> Pondiscio said that ''Politico'' had paired [[David Coleman]]—main author of the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts—with Hirsch in eight place on their 2014 list of fifty "thinkers, doers and dreamers who really matter."<ref name="Fordham_Pondiscio_20140904"/><ref name="Politico_Tyre_201409"/>