The Schools We Need: And Why We Don’t Have Them: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Schools We Need: And Why We Don’t Have Them runs 12.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Anna Fields (about 8.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 12.7 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 39,028 Non-Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Anna Fields
Anna Fields narrates 132 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,439 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Non-Fiction shelf
3,398 Non-Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Schools We Need: And Why We Don’t Have Them is an audiobook by E. D. Hirsch: a 12.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Anna Fields, released January 1, 2007, on the Non-Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Anna Fields
- Released
- January 1, 2007
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781483054636
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Schools We Need: And Why We Don’t Have Them as an audiobook?
The Schools We Need: And Why We Don’t Have Them runs 12.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.
Is The Schools We Need: And Why We Don’t Have Them free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Schools We Need: And Why We Don’t Have Them?
The Schools We Need: And Why We Don’t Have Them is narrated by Anna Fields.
Is The Schools We Need: And Why We Don’t Have Them worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours, saving 4.2 hours.