I couldn’t be more excited to publicly announce that I had the honor of writing the foreword to the 25th Anniversary Edition of John Taylor Gatto’s Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling. If you’ve never read this book, place a pre-order for the new edition now.
If you have read the book, buy a few copies to give to friends and family. Give it to teachers, parents, and student you know. Gatto was New York state’s Teacher of the Year when he publicly resigned in disgust after decades of teaching. Convinced that school is not broken but systematically working towards the ends for which it was designed, he spent the rest of his career documenting his teaching career and writing a history of compulsory school.
You can get a copy of my foreword to the 25th Anniversary Edition direct to your inbox by signing up for my email list at the bar at the top of the screen or in the lower right-hand corner by Friday, October 14.