Core Knowledge Language Arts Reading Room

CKLA Research Foundation

“Building Knowledge: The Case for Bringing Content into the Language Arts Block and for a Knowledge-Rich Curriculum Core for all Children,” by E. D. Hirsch, Jr., American Educator, Spring 2006.

“How Knowledge Helps: It Speeds and Strengthens Reading Comprehension, Learning—and Thinking,” by Daniel T. Willingham, American Educator, Spring 2006.

“Critical Thinking: Why Is It So Hard to Teach?” by Daniel T. Willingham, American Educator, Summer 2007.

“‘21st-Century’ Skills: Not New, but a Worthy Challenge,” by Andrew J. Rotherham and Daniel T. Willingham, American Educator, Spring 2010.

“The Curriculum Reformation,” by Sol Stern, City Journal, Summer 2012.

CKLA Pilot

The NYC Core Knowledge Early Literacy Pilot: K–Grade 2 Results (PDF).

"More Than Words: An Early Grades Reading Programs Builds Skills and Knowledge," by Jennifer Dubin, American Educator, Fall 2012.

“The Curriculum Reformation,” by Sol Stern, City Journal, Summer 2012.

“Core Knowledge Pilot Shows Clear Success with Curriculum,” by S.D. Lawrence, Education News, March 27, 2012.

"Nonfiction Curriculum Enhanced Reading Skills, Study Finds," by Anna M. Phillips, New York Times, March 11, 2012.

“A Solution for Gotham’s Reading Woes,” by Sol Stern City Journal, Summer 2011.