Dumbing us down the hidden curriculum of compulsory schooling

Contains essays and speeches in which John Gatto, a teacher in Manhattan's public schools for twenty-six years, explains why he believes public schools are failures, and discusses what children need to get a valuable education.

Main Author: Gatto, John Taylor.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Gabriola Island, BC, Canada : New Society Publishers, c2005.
Edition: Special collector's ed.
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Summary: Contains essays and speeches in which John Gatto, a teacher in Manhattan's public schools for twenty-six years, explains why he believes public schools are failures, and discusses what children need to get a valuable education.
Physical Description: xxxvi, 106 p. ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 9780865714489 (pbk.)
0865714487 (pbk.)
086571519X :
9780865715196
Author Notes: John Taylor Gatto Was a Public Schoolteacher for 30 Years, Becoming Both the New York City and New York State Teacher of the Year