By John Taylor Gatto
“As the twenty-first century begins its second decade, mass schooling is much as it was in 1910, at least for the poor and the ordinary. It is test-driven, bell-driven, pedagogue-dominated, and thoroughly dumbed down.”
Let me give you an excerpt from a boys’ manual of instructions on how to build things, published [...]
09 February, 2010
Yes Magazine
More and more people across America are waking up to the mismatch between what is taught in schools and what common sense tells us we need to know. What can you do about it?
Nobody gives you an education. If you want one,
you have to take it.
Only you can educate you—and you [...]
Why fix a system designed to destroy individual thought? by John Taylor Gatto I want you to consider the frightening possibility that we are spending far too much money on schooling, not too little. I want you to consider that we have too many people employed in interfering with the way children grow up–and [...]
by John Taylor Gatto This article is the text of a speech by John Taylor Gatto accepting the New York City Teacher of the Year Award on January 31, 1990. I accept this award on behalf of all the fine teachers I’ve known over the years who’ve struggled to make their transactions with [...]
Produced by Edflix Educational Video Downloads We have reviewed a number of Mr. Gatto’s books, and they were so absorbing that we decided to invite him to our film studio for a series of interviews.
John Taylor Gatto These videos constitute about 2 1/2 hours of material. We hope that you [...]
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