Dumbing Us Down
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Dumbing Us Down | |
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Author | John Taylor Gatto |
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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.