Language Arts Program

Language Arts Program Core Knowledge Language Arts Listening & Learning Classroom Kits for Kindergarten and Grade 1, available for the 2010-2011 school year. More…

How It All Started

How It All Started “If the Obama administration truly wants to have a positive impact on American education," writes Sol Stern, "it should embrace Hirsch’s ideas.”  Core Knowledge founder  E. D. Hirsch, Jr. is profiled in City Journal. More…

Annual Reports

Highlights of 2008

  • New York City launches pilot test of the Core Knowledge Language Arts Program.
  • Second-year Language Arts pilots continue in seven schools in six states.
  • What Your Preschooler Needs To Know published by Delta Trade Paperbacks, with companion activity books published by Core Knowledge.
  • Nine new schools achieve Core Knowledge Official School status.
  • Over 1,000 educators attend 17th Core Knowledge National Conference in Anaheim, California.
  • The Foundation publishes Core Knowledge: What Every Child Needs to Know, a 24-page publication about the Core Knowledge curriculum.
  • The Core Knowledge Blog is launched to provide daily education news, commentary, and advocacy for a content–rich preschool to eighth grade curriculum.

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2008 Annual Report

2006 Annual Report

2005 Annual Report

2004 Annual Report

2003 Annual Report