Talk:John Taylor Gatto

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[edit] Alexis de Tocqueville award

This article says Gatto recieved the Tocqueville award in 1998, but the award site says it went to: David Brennan,and Dr. Michael Joyce

“for bringing the cities of Milwaukee and Cleveland meaningful school choice.”

Is there more that one award with this name?

I found the same thing. From the looks of it, Mr. Gatto has never received a Tocqueville award. Perhaps this article should be marked to cite references. 'Kash 01:46, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Ok, after some casting around on the 'Net, I found that, while the dates vary between 1997 and 1998 (with Gatto's own website specifying 1997), the award he received seems to be "The Alexis de Tocqueville Award for Excellence in the Advancement of Educational Freedom". This seems to imply that there might be more than one award of the same name. However, searching for this phrase in full on Google reveals 9 hits from 3 sites. It seems we need to ask for clarification.

-- TimNelson 09:34, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Ok, I've got it all figured out. See Alexis de Tocqueville Award for details.

-- TimNelson 10:05, 16 November 2006 (UTC)