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Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
Dumbing Us Down The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
Author: John Taylor Gatto
With over 70,000 copies of the first edition in print, this radical treatise on public education has been a New Society Publishers' bestseller for 10 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 m...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780865712317
ISBN-10: 086571231X
Publication Date: 9/1991
Pages: 104
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4.2 stars, based on 8 ratings
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 1
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This collection of essays by John Taylor Gatto should be required reading for all parents of young children before they are first enrolled in school. Failing that, parents of kids still in school should read it too, so they can pull their kids out before there is any further damage done to them!
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I have this book listed because I had lost my first printing copy and repurchased the book. To say: this is a must have for anyone with any interest in the public school system. I am the product of private schools, former public school teacher and now a homeschooling mommy of nine. My first four have been ready for college at 16. Public schools are the lowest common way to educate our children, please be involved whatever choice you choose.
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FABULOUS book on the truths about compulsory education. A must read for ANY parent who had kids in school or homeschool!
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My husband and I both enjoyed this one!
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John Gatto has been a teacher for 30 years and is a recipient of the New York State Teacher of the Year award. His book, Dumbing Us Down, is a treatise against what he believes to be the destructive nature of schooling. Everyone who has something to do with children should read this book: Educators, parents and counselors.


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