Language Arts Program
Core Knowledge Language Arts Listening & Learning Classroom Kits for Kindergarten and Grade 1, available for the 2010-2011 school year. More…
Preschool through Grade 8
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Core Knowledge and Common Core State Standards
To date, 41 states have adopted the Common Core State Standards. The current edition of the American Educator is dedicated to "How a Common Core Curriculum Could Make Our Education System Run Like Clockwork." In this issue, the Core Knowledge Language Arts Program is presented as a model of what a curriculum supporting the standards looks like. Learn more about Core Knowledge support for the standards.
Sol Stern on New York City's Reading Woe's
The New York City pilot of the Core Knowledge Language Arts Program “is a ray of reading hope,” writes Sol Stern of the Manhattan Institute in the latest issue of City Journal. The article calls for continued funding of the 10-school pilot, “showing education authorities that the solution to the city’s reading problem is in plain sight.”
Locate a Core Knowledge School Near You!
Our interactive map will help you to easily locate and connect with Core Knowledge schools across the country.
The Core Knowledge Series – Resource Books for Preschool Through Grade Six
After E. D. Hirsch’s Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know catapulted to unexpected, bestseller status in 1988, parents and teachers alike wanted practical guidance in how to ensure that children would acquire the foundation of knowledge, needed to become culturally literate adults. For teachers, the Core Knowledge Sequence was created to provide this guidance. The What Your — Grader Needs to Know series, based on the Sequence, was later designed especially for parents.
Online Copies of the Core Knowledge Sequence for Preschool
The Core Knowledge Sequence for preschool is a set of model guidelines describing fundamental skills and specific knowledge that, for children from three to five years of age, can provide a solid, coherent foundation for later learning in kindergarten and beyond. Language and Literacy, Social and Emotional Development, Movement and Coordination, Mathematical and Scientific Reasoning, Visual Arts and Music are all addressed to ensure that all children enter school ready to learn. Download your copy now!
The Tide is Turning in American Education
Online copies of the Core Knowledge Sequence are now available for download at no cost. It’s our tried and true guide to what every child needs to know in Language Arts, American and World History, Geography, Visual Arts, Music, Math, and Science, Preschool – Grade 8. Learn why we've taken this bold new step!
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