Dumbing Us Down
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Cover of the 2002 edition | |
| Author | John Taylor Gatto |
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| Cover artist | Diane McIntosh |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Education & Teaching, Current Affairs |
| Publisher | New Society Publishers |
Publication date | 1992 |
| Media type | (paperback and hardcover) |
| Pages | 106 (paperback and hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0-86571-448-7 |
| OCLC | 49304855 |
Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling (ISBN 086571231X) is a book by teacher John Taylor Gatto. It has sold over 200,000 copies[1] and consists of a multitude of speeches given by the author. The book proposes that radical change is needed to the American educational system to turn around the negative socialization that children receive.
References
- ↑ "The Philosophy of Education". Belinda Moore.
External links
- Book review by Layla AR
- The Odysseus Group Web site of John Taylor Gatto, reviews page for Dumbing Us Down: the Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling at Dumbing us Down - Reviews. Archived January 16, 2007, at the Wayback Machine..
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