The knowledge gap: the hidden cause of America's broken education system--and how to fix it

Part one: The way we teach now : all you need is skills. The water they've been swimming in ; A problem hiding in plain sight ; Everything was surprising and novel ; The reading wars ; Unbalanced literacy ; Billions for education reform, but barely a cent for knowledge

Part two: How we got there : the history behind the content-free curriculum. Émile meets the common core ; Politics and the quest for content

Part three: How we can change : creating and delivering content-focused curriculum. The Common Core : new life for knowledge, or another nail in its coffin? ; No more jackpot standards ; Don't forget to write ; Scaling up : can it be done?

Epilogue

Pt. I, The way we teach now: all you need is skills :

The water they've been swimming in

A problem hiding in plain sight

Everything was surprising and novel

The reading wars

Unbalanced literacy

Billions for education reform, but barely a cent for knowledge

Pt. II, How we got here : the history behind the content-free curriculum :

Émile meets the Common Core

Politics and the quest for content

Pt. III, How we can change : creating and delivering content-focused curriculum :

The Common Cor: new life for knowledge, or another nail in its coffin?

No more jackpot standards

Don't forget to write

Scaling up : can it be done?

Epilogue.