Parents of young students take note | LETTER TO THE EDITOR


February 4, 2013 · Updated 8:26 AM 

To the editor:

The key to increasing upward mobility is expanding vocabulary.

How? Read the E. D. Hirsch Jr. column, “A Wealth of Words” in the Winter 2013 edition of City Journal. Hirsch is a professor emeritus of education and humanities at the University of Virginia and the founder of the Core Knowledge Foundation.

RAGNAR LILJEQUIST

Hidden Cove Road

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