Transcript William bennett E. D.Hirsch & William bagley

By Thomas Kessler
•Secretary
of Education (1985-
1988)
• Frequently criticized school for
“low standards”
• Appointed to the job of
Director of the Office of
National Drug Control Policy
Established the Core
Knowledge Foundation
• Authored “Cultural Literacy:
What Every American Needs to
Know” and “The Knowledge
Deficit”
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(1874-1946)
•referred to as the founder of
essentialist educational theory
•wrote major book,
the Educative Process
•Founded essentialism in 1938
• Published the Essentialist
Platform (1938)
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