The underground history of American education
a schoolteacher's intimate investigation into the problem of modern schooling
Rev. ed.
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Publication
2003 - Oxford Village Press, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
103,000 words, Guess
Page Count
412 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL15545471M
- ISBN-100945700040
- OCLC Control Number52974619
- OCLC Control Number45004688
- OCLC Control Number50564867
and 4 more
- OCLC Control Numberoneskinfoundbody0000grah
- Library of Congress Control Number94171193
- Goodreads1021127
- LibraryThing167797
Classifications
- LCCPS3557.R1987 O5 1993
Description
A former teacher, Gatto left the classroom the same year he was named New York State Teacher of the Year. He announced his decision in a letter to the Wall Street Jounal titled "I Quit, I Think". Using anecdotes gathered from thirty years of teaching, alongside documentation, Gatto presents his view of modern compulsion schooling as opposed to genuine education, describing a "conflict between systems which offer physical safety and certainty at the cost of suppressing free will, and those which offer liberty at the price of constant risk". Gatto argues that educational strategies promoted by government and industry leaders for over a century included the creation of a system that keeps real power in the hands of very few people.
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