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"Any national curriculum proposal that fails to recognize our pluralism and conflicts along with our common commitments surely will be rejected by many Americans as a distorted portrayal of the national character and experience. That is, public education must repsond both to E. D. Hirsch's sensible claim that we need a common knowledge base in order to communicate and to Stanley Fish's critical observation that "it is difference all the way down." This book outlines the first principles of a national curriculum mindful of both insights."-Toni Marie Massaro, from the introductionMassaro, Toni M. is the author of 'Constitutional Literacy: A Core Curriculum for a Multicultural Nation' with ISBN 9780822313649 and ISBN 0822313642.
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