Dumbing Us Down

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Dumbing Us Down
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Cover of the 2005 edition
Author 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

Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling (ISBN 086571231X) is a book written by the award-winning teacher John Taylor Gatto. The book has sold over 150,000 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.

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