Hannah Ward's blog post is a detailed, 'ranting' review of E.D. Hirsch's eight-book What Your Child Needs to Know series. She explains the series' scope, critiques and praises aspects of the books, and stresses that Hirsch founded the Core Knowledge curriculum—distinct from Common Core—while linking to her full review on hannahwardeducation.com.
Hannah Ward (Twitter @HannahWardEdu) published a long, opinionated blog post on 2026-08-03 reviewing E.D. Hirsch's 8-book series What Your Child Needs to Know.
My big ranting blog post about the What Your Child Needs to Know series. What it is, and what it isn't... hannahwardeducation.com/post…
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8 Book Review: What Your Child Needs to Know Series
What Your Child Needs to Know is an 8-book series written by E.D. Hirsch, an education reformer and the creator of the popular Core Knowledge curriculum (this is not the same as Common Core). You’ll...
hannahwardeducation.com