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Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling (25th Anniversary Edition)

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Author: John Taylor Gatto

Throw off the shackles of formal schooling and embark upon a rich journey of self-directed, life-long learning.

Gatto’s radical treatise on public education, a bestseller for 25 years, continues to bang the drum for an unshackling of children and learning from formal schooling.

Now, in an ever-more-rapidly changing world with an explosion of alternative routes to learning, it’s poised to continue to shake the world of institutional education for many more years.

 

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After over 100 years of mandatory schooling in the U.S., literacy rates have dropped, families are fragmented, learning “disabilities” are skyrocketing, and children and youth are increasingly disaffected.

Thirty years of teaching in the public school system led John Taylor Gatto to the sad conclusion that compulsory governmental schooling is to blame, accomplishing little but to teach young people to follow orders like cogs in an industrial machine.

Gatto became a fierce advocate of families and young people taking back education and learning, arguing that “genius is as common as dirt,” but that conventional schooling is driving out the natural curiosity and problem-solving skills we’re born with, replacing it with rule-following, fragmented time, and disillusionment.

Featuring a new foreword from Zachary Slayback, an Ivy League dropout and cofounder of tech start-up career foundry Praxis, this 25th anniversary edition will inspire new generations of parents and students to take control of learning and kickstart an empowered society of self-directed lifetime-learners.

 

Additional information

Weight 1 kg
Dimensions 9 × 6 × 1 cm
ISBN

9780865718548
Published Date

2017
Author

John Taylor Gatto
Publisher

New Society Publishers
Format

Paperback

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