http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/2008/06/30/the-view-from-1869/ Closing the Achievement Gap: Teaching Content Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:34:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/2008/06/30/the-view-from-1869/#comment-4185 Robert Pondiscio Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:32:28 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=531#comment-4185 I'm not sure it has to be that way, Adso. Look at some of the work that Dan Willingham, Hirsch and others have written about the connection between literacy and reading comprehension. Content and comprehension are two sides of the same coin. As I alluded to in my post, when we don't have common references, discourse becomes strained beyond a rudimentary level. It's not elitism, but a simple matter of guaranteeing every kid what he or she needs to understand and be understood by every other kid. It's the very opposite of elitism. I’m not sure it has to be that way, Adso. Look at some of the work that Dan Willingham, Hirsch and others have written about the connection between literacy and reading comprehension. Content and comprehension are two sides of the same coin. As I alluded to in my post, when we don’t have common references, discourse becomes strained beyond a rudimentary level. It’s not elitism, but a simple matter of guaranteeing every kid what he or she needs to understand and be understood by every other kid. It’s the very opposite of elitism.

]]> http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/2008/06/30/the-view-from-1869/#comment-4184 Adso of Melk Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:26:02 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=531#comment-4184 The problem is, as soon as you start urging people (okay, administrators and other teachers) about the need for this core, you get slapped with the elitism stick. The problem is, as soon as you start urging people (okay, administrators and other teachers) about the need for this core, you get slapped with the elitism stick.

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