[twigs]

I really like Mr. Hirsch's works. I used some of his ideas in a reading class I had to take and the teacher went berserk. Teachers are trained to HATE him. He points out that the problem that kids have had with reading is not the mechanics of it. It's that they do not know basic facts about things. They don't understand allusions in prose and therefore have no reading comprehension. I really like his Core Knowledge books. My daughter who hates to read (break my heart) loves mythology thanks to them.

[Theophilus]

Thanks for the tip! If "teachers are are trained to HATE him", he probably isn't all bad.