What's Worth Learning? (HC)

What's Worth Learning? addresses the central question of general education. Forlearners facing a complex unpredictable and dangerous future it asks andanswers the question: What knowledge is absolutely essential for every learner?In simple jargon-free language the book explains why the core curriculum innear-universal use in America's classrooms was poor when it was adopted in1893 and why it grows more dysfunctional with each passing year. It then showshow without changes in staffing budgets or bureaucratic boundariesknowledge can be organized to both radically improve learner intellectualperformance and significantly decrease the cost of a general education.Recognizing the difficulty of translating a new idea into classroom instruction an appendix offers acomprehensive classroom-tested course of study suitable for adolescents and older students.