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Dumbing us down : the hidden curriculum of compulsory schooling  Cover Image Book Book

Dumbing us down : the hidden curriculum of compulsory schooling / John Taylor Gatto.

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  • ISBN: 0865718547 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780865718548 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: xxii, 121 pages : illustration
  • Edition: 25th anniversary edition.
  • Publisher: Gabriola Island, BC : New Society Publishers, [2017]

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Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
LSC 14.99
Subject: Gatto, John Taylor > Philosophy.
Education > United States > Philosophy.
Education > Aims and objectives > United States.
Educational sociology > United States.
Education, Compulsory > United States.

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John Gatto was a schoolteacher for 30 years. He resigned in the Op-Ed pages of The New York Times upon receiving the New York State Teacher of the Year award. He has been a fierce advocate for self-directed "guerrilla" education for decades, and is also the author of Weapons of Mass Instruction and The Underground History of American Education .

Zachary Slayback is an entrepreneur, Ivy League dropout, and communicator, focusing on issues of education, innovation, and social change. He's the author of The End of School (2016) and a founding team member at Praxis, an apprenticeship program for young people looking for a real-world education.


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