Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
By John Taylor Gatto
Read by Michael Puttonen
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This radical treatise on public education has been a bestseller in print for ten years. Thirty years in New York City’s public schools led John Gatto to the sad conclusion that compulsory schooling does little but teach young people to follow orders like cogs in an industrial machine. This edition describes the wide-spread impact of the book, Gatto’s “guerrilla teaching,” and includes Gatto’s updates to his theories on how the US educational system cranks out students the way Detroit cranks out Buicks.
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Summary
Summary
This radical treatise on public education has been a bestseller in print for ten years. Thirty years in New York City’s public schools led John Gatto to the sad conclusion that compulsory schooling does little but teach young people to follow orders like cogs in an industrial machine. This edition describes the wide-spread impact of the book, Gatto’s “guerrilla teaching,” and includes Gatto’s updates to his theories on how the US educational system cranks out students the way Detroit cranks out Buicks.
Author
Author Bio: John Taylor Gatto
John Gatto was a teacher in New York City’s public schools for over thirty years and is a recipient of the New York State Teacher of the Year Award. A much–sought after speaker on education throughout the United States, his other books include A Different Kind of Teacher and The Underground History of American Education.
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| Available Formats : | Digital Download |
| Category: | Nonfiction |
| Runtime: | 3.32 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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