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Dumbing us down:

the hidden curriculum of compulsory schooling
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New Society Publishers, 2002 - Education - 103 pages

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 machine. This second edition describes the wide-spread impact of the book and Gatto's "guerrilla teaching."

John Gatto has been a teacher for 30 years and is a recipient of the New York State Teacher of the Year award. His other titles include A Different Kind of Teacher (Berkeley Hills Books, 2001) and The Underground History of American Education (Oxford Village Press, 2000).

  

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John Gatto delivers a scathing indictment of the American educational system in a collection of essays and speeches he has written and made over the years. It was extremely interesting, and while I ... Read full review

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Contents

THE SEVENLESSON SCHOOLTEACHER
1
THE PSYCHOPATHIC SCHOOL
20
THE GREEN MONONGAHELA
35
WE NEED LESS SCHOOL NOT MORE
46
THE CONGREGATIONAL PRINCIPLE
73
to the Tenth Anniversary Edition
95
from the Publisher
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About the author (2002)

John Gatto was a teacher in New York City's public schools for over 30 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 (Berkeley Hills Books, 2001) and The Underground History of American Education (Oxford Village Press, 2000).

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