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scu.edu).Andre goes on to say some critics see Hirsch's efforts to bring culture into the classroom are not so much "cultural literacy" but more like "cultural indoctrination." Not only is the Hirsch strategy and methodology seen as flawed, Andre and Velasquez continue, the "content" he prescribes is subject to criticism. For example, the question of "Whose form of knowledge, culture, vision, history and authority will prevail as the national culture?" should be asked, and Hirsch knows that is an issue. "Will they, like Hirsch, be white, middle-class males?" Andre wonders, and will they be elitist?

Hirsch meanwhile answers these accusations in his Core Knowledge Web site, saying that the contend must arise from "a broad consensus of diverse groups and interests." That consensus should include the parents, teachers, scientists, "professional curriculum organizations, and experts on America's multicultural traditions." The "central motivation behind" his core knowledge initiative is "to guarantee equal access for all to knowledge necessary for higher literacy and learning" (Hirsch (www.coreknowledge.

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Seven: If there are identifiable political tones within Hirsch's view of what American students should study they would be considered progressive, or "liberal" in today's vernacular. For example, on page 300, "Reagan, Ronald" (a very conservative president) is seen as a man who promised to "work towards a balanced federal budget" but in fact "the federal government went deeper into DEBT throughout Reagan's presidency" (Hirsch 300). If Hirsch was a political conservative, he would not likely have used the fact of Reagan piling up the national debt. And on page 301, "Religious Right" is defined as "A coalition of RIGHT-WING (Hirsch's emphasis) Protestant fundamentalist leaders" but a conservative author would not have used "right wing."

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