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Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling

of John Taylor Gatto

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A highly praised best-seller for over a decade, this is a radical treatise on public education that concludes that compulsory government schooling does little but teach young people to follow orders like cogs in a machine. This Special Collector's Edition celebrates 100,000 copies or the book in print, and the book's on-going importance and popularity.

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  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 142 pages
  • Publisher New Society Publishers
  • Publication Date March 1st 2005
  • First Publication 11/05/91
  • Language English
  • ISBN 9780865715196
  • Edition Not informed
  • Category Other
  • Scenario ['United States of America']

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