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Cover artist Diane McIntosh Publication date 1992 OCLC 49304855 | 4.2/5 Goodreads Language English Originally published 1991 Publisher Douglas & McIntyre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Subject Education & Teaching, Current Affairs Media type (paperback and hardcover) Pages 106 (paperback and hardcover) Similar John Taylor Gatto books, Homeschooling books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling (ISBN 086571231X) is a book by teacher John Taylor Gatto. It has sold over 200,000 copies 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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