Weapons of mass instruction : a schoolteacher's journey through the dark world of compulsory schooling / John Taylor Gatto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gatto, John Taylor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Compulsory--United States.

Education, Compulsory.

Educational sociology--United States.

Educational sociology.

Education--Aims and objectives--United States.

Education.

Education--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Gabriola Island, B.C. : New Society Publishers, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<div>The transformation of schooling from a twelve-year jail sentence to freedom to learn.</div>

Contents:

Front Cover; Advance Praise; Title Page; Rights Page; Contents; A Dedication for the Family Builders; Prologue: Against School; Chapter 1: Everything You Know about Schools is Wrong; Chapter 2: Walkabout: London; Chapter 3: Fat Stanley and the Lancaster Amish; Chapter 4: David Sarnoff's Classroom; Chapter 5: Hector Isn't the Problem; Chapter 6: The Camino de Santiago; Chapter 7: Weapons of Mass Instruction; Chapter 8: What is Education?; Chapter 9: A Letter to My Granddaughter About Dartmouth; Chapter 10: Incident at Highland High; Afterword; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781282465695

1282465694

9781550924244

1550924249

OCLC:

567973924