Core Knowledge Foundation

The Core Knowledge Foundation is an independent, non-profit educational foundation founded in 1986 by E. D. Hirsch, Jr. The school curriculum created by the Foundation focuses on teaching students a foundation of knowledge at a young age; the desired outcome is that students will be better equipped for "effective participation and mutual understanding in the wider society."

For the Australian student collective, see Core Knowledge. For the educational press in the United Kingdom, see Core Knowledge UK.
Core Knowledge Foundation
Formation1986
FounderE.D. Hirsch, Jr.
HeadquartersCharlottesville, Virginia
President
Linda Bevilacqua

As of April 2006, Core Knowledge schools were 44% public, 35% charter, 15% private, and 6% parochial. Additionally, they were 39% urban, 39% suburban, and 22% rural.

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