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Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling

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  • 1991
  • #Education #Parenting
John Taylor Gatto
@JohnTaylorGatto
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A highly praised best-seller for over a decade, this is a radical treatise on public education that concludes that compulsory government schooling does little but teach young people... Show More

A highly praised best-seller for over a decade, this is a radical treatise on public education that concludes that compulsory government schooling does little but teach young people to follow orders like cogs in a machine. This Special Collector's Edition celebrates 100,000 copies or the book in print, and the book's on-going importance and popularity.

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Number of Pages: 142

ISBN: 086571519X

ISBN-13: 9780865715196

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Cam Houser 📹 @cahouser · Apr 11, 2022
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Just googled this author. His other books are called Weapons of Mass Instruction Dumbing Us Down This dude doesn’t mess around. Thank you for the rec 🙏
Dave Neary @nearyd · Nov 27, 2022
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Just finished "Dumbing us down", a collection of John Taylor Gatto essays on what's wrong with the US education system - I liked it, but it was a bit heavy on libertarian "government should leave us alone" sentiment for my taste.
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