Editing Educational essentialism (section)

==Schools enacting an essentialist curriculum==
The [[Core Knowledge Foundation|Core Knowledge Schools]] were founded on the philosophy of essentialist [[E.D. Hirsch]]. Although it is difficult to maintain a pure and strict essentialist-only [[curriculum]], these schools have the central aim of establishing a common knowledge base for all citizens. To do so, they follow a nationwide, content-specific, and teacher-centered curriculum. The Core Knowledge curriculum also allows for local variance above and beyond the core curriculum. Central curricular aims are academic excellence and the learning of knowledge, and teachers who are masters of their knowledge areas serve this aim.<ref>{{cite web
  | title = Our Philosophy
  | work = Core Knowledge
  | publisher = Core Knowledge Foundation
  | url = http://www.coreknowledge.org/our-philosophy
  | access-date = 19 September 2011
  | archive-date = 3 September 2011
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110903173334/http://www.coreknowledge.org/our-philosophy
  | url-status = dead
  }}</ref>