Dumbing Us Down - 25th Anniversary Edition: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling -- John Taylor Gatto, Paperback Joshua Allen An illustrated story by pediatrician

An illustrated story by pediatrician Mar L

For Cord Bennett

for which he contributed a large body of work from its first issue in 1977

is a scathing critique of corrupt French society cloaked in a comedy of manners

Dumbing Us Down - 25th Anniversary Edition: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling -- John Taylor Gatto, Paperback Joshua Allen An illustrated story by pediatricianThrow off the shackles of formal schooling and embark upon a rich journey of self directed, life long learning After over 100 years of mandatory schooling in the U. S., literacy rates have dropped, families are fragmented, learning disabilities are skyrocketing, and children and youth are increasingly disaffected. Thirty years of teaching in the public school system led John Taylor Gatto to the sad conclusion that compulsory governmental schooling is