-Caveat Lector- from: http://shop.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=1DAYOFRBF2&ms cssid=UQQ03UNDK0P38K084KXV0TFF5ENE0WC4&isbn=0945700040 Click Here: <A HREF="http://shop.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=1DAYOFR BF2&mscssid=UQQ03UNDK0P38K084KXV0TFF5ENE0WC4&isbn=0945700040"> Barnes & Noble.com - The Underground History of…</A> ----- The Underground History of American Education: A Schoolteacher's Intimate Investigation into the Problem of Modern Schooling John Taylor Gatto John Taylor Gatto Retail Price: $30.00 Our Price: $24.00 You Save: $6.00 (20%) Readers' Advantage Price: $22.80 Join Now bn.com customers who bought this book also bought: A Different Kind of Teacher: Solving the Crisis of American Schooling, John Taylor Gatto Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms, Diane Ravitch Growing up with Dick and Jane: Learning and Living the American Dream, Carole Kismaric,With Marvin Heiferman Tinkering Toward Utopia: A Century of Public School Reform, David Tyack,Larry Cuban Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families, J. Anthony Lukas ABOUT THIS ITEM From the Critics >From Library Journal Gathering a collection of materials that highlight public education, Gatto (Dumbing Us Down) analyzes why mass-compulsion schooling is unreformable. Having taught in a Manhattan school district from 1961 to 1991, Gatto speaks from experience when offering this speculative history cum personal investigation. His discussion is passionate but far from scholarly (there are a very few footnotes for further study). At first it seems ironic that a former New York Teacher of the Year (1991) can be so adamant in his criticism of American education. However, the reader comes to recognize that despite his sometimes obscure thoughts he makes a compelling case. Arguing that public schools allow "psychic violence," teach numbness, and force the deterioration of parental responsibilities, Gatto advocates that children spend less time in school and more with their family and in meaningful pursuits in their community. He offers many helpful suggestions, but they are not immediately decipherable, as they are, to use the author's own words, "perversely sprinkled around like raisins in a pudding." This is a brutally honest argument that all administrators and legislators involved in schooling should read. Recommended for most libraries.--Leroy Hommerding, Fort Myers Beach P.L. Dist., FL Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information. CUSTOMER REVIEWS - An Open Forum Number of Reviews: 1 Average Rating: Penny, a homeschooling mother of 3 from IN, January 10, 2001, Sometimes the Truth Hurts This book is an absolutely compelling read detailing the forces that have forged American compulsory schooling. While not indulging in conspiracy theory or teacher-bashing, Gatto makes it clear that our current system of schooling has been imposed with a specific agenda in mind--that of stripping children from their families, communities, and spiritual beliefs to create a pliable workforce and consumer base. Homeschoolers will find this book particularly affirming of their choice to learn at home. Also recommended: Dumbing Us Down (Gatto), Teach Your Own (John Holt), Family Matters: Why Homeschooling Makes Sense (David Guterson) Copyright 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 barnesandnoble.com llc <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
