Dumbing Us Down
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| Dumbing Us Down | |
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 Cover of the 2002 edition |
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| Author(s) | John Taylor Gatto |
| Cover artist | Diane McIntosh |
| Language | English |
| Subject(s) | Education & Teaching, Current Affairs |
| Publisher | New Society Publishers |
| Publication date | March 2005 |
| Media type | (paperback and hardcover) |
| Pages | 106 (paperback and hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0865714487 |
| OCLC Number | 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.
[edit] External links
- The Odysseus Group Web site of John Taylor Gatto, reviews page for Dumbing Us Down: the Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling [2]
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