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The Core Knowledge Foundation is an independent, non-profit educational foundation founded in 1986 by E. D. Hirsch, Jr. [1] [2] The school curriculum created by the Foundation focuses on teaching students a foundation of knowledge at a young age; the desired outcome is that students will be better equipped for "effective participation and mutual understanding in the wider society."
The Core Knowledge Foundation was formed in 1986. The American Core Knowledge curriculum [1] was piloted in Three Oaks Elementary School in Florida in 1990. Today it is used in hundreds of schools across America [2] and Civitas has adapted the American Core Knowledge Sequence to use in British schools.
E. D. Hirsch Jr. is a member emeritus of the Koret Task Force on K–12 Education. He was a distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution from 1999 to 2006. Hirsch is the founder and chairman of Core Knowledge Foundation and a professor emeritus of education and humanities at the University of Virginia.
The highest national ranking for the High School was 191st in 2021 and its highest national charter ranking was 49th in 2021. [29] National ranks are not given for Elementary or Middle School grade levels by U.S. News & World Report. The school was named a Top Workplace in Delaware by The News Journal in 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, and 2016. [3]
It is really amazing how much more reliable this list is compared to the Core ranking. Especially in light of the fact that the Core ranking was done using Australian tax payer money, while this wiki list is done with the work of a few volunteers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by john.legal contribs) 16:53, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
The Core Knowledge Foundation self-describes itself as non-partisan. [ HirschPublications 16 ] Hirsch himself is an avowed Democrat who has described himself as "practically a socialist" [ 16 ] [ 24 ] In his 2010 article in the Claremont Review of Books , Terrence O. Moore cited Hirsch, who self-described as a "political liberal" had been ...
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Core Knowledge (CK) refers to a current textbook series originally written by a collective of former top Year 12 South Australian students of the same name (2003–2008) for South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE) students. The Core Knowledge group was the first student collective of its type and magnitude in Australia, recruiting top ...