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John Taylor Gatto

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John Taylor Gatto (born December 15, 1935) is an American author and former school teacher who taught in the classroom for nearly 30 years. [1]

37 relations: Alliance for the Separation of School and State, Anne Yvonne Gilbert, Anti-schooling activism, Antony C. Sutton, California High School Exit Exam, Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt, Critical pedagogy, Deschooling, Dumbing down, Dumbing Us Down, Electoral history of David Paterson, Ephebiphobia, Factory model school, Gatto, Hamza Yusuf, Harper's Magazine, Herbert Kohl (educator), Hidden curriculum, Homeschooling, Involuntary servitude, Jaime Escalante, John Holt (educator), John Taylor (given name), Leon Hadar, List of authors by name: G, List of Hunter College people, Mathematical anxiety, Monongahela, Pennsylvania, Mudsill theory, Necessary Illusions, New Hampshire Liberty Forum, Outline of education, Propaganda, Prussian education system, Public records in China, The Underground History of American Education, Unschooling.

Alliance for the Separation of School and State

The Alliance for the Separation of School and State, previously called the "Separation of School and State Alliance" is an American organization that argues that parents are responsible for educating their children, and that education is not a legitimate function of government.

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Anne Yvonne Gilbert

Anne Yvonne Gilbert (born 1950/1951; sometimes credited as Yvonne Gilbert), is a British artist and book illustrator.

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Anti-schooling activism

Anti-schooling activism or radical education reform seeks to abolish compulsory schooling laws.

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Antony C. Sutton

Antony Cyril Sutton (February 14, 1925 – June 17, 2002) was a British and American economist, historian, and writer.

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California High School Exit Exam

The California High School Exit Examination (CAHSEE) was an examination created by the California Department of Education, that was previously mandated to administer in High Schools statewide in order to graduate.

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Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt

Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt is an American freelance writer and former senior policy advisor to the U.S. Department of Education.

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Critical pedagogy

Critical pedagogy is a philosophy of education and social movement that has developed and applied concepts from critical theory and related traditions to the field of education and the study of culture.

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Deschooling

Deschooling is a term used by both education philosophers and proponents of alternative education and/or homeschooling, though it refers to different things in each context.

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Dumbing down

Dumbing down is the deliberate oversimplification of intellectual content in education, literature, and cinema, news, video games and culture.

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Dumbing Us Down

Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling is a book by teacher John Taylor Gatto.

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Electoral history of David Paterson

David Paterson has served in several elected positions, including the New York State Senate and as Lieutenant Governor of New York.

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Ephebiphobia

Ephebiphobia is the fear of youth.

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Factory model school

"Factory model schools", "factory model education", or "industrial era schools" are terms used to describe educational organization and facilities.

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Gatto

Gatto is a surname.

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Hamza Yusuf

Shaykh Hamza Yusuf (born January 1, 1960) is an American Islamic scholar, and is co-founder of Zaytuna College.

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Harper's Magazine

Harper's Magazine (also called Harper's) is a monthly magazine of literature, politics, culture, finance, and the arts.

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Herbert Kohl (educator)

Herbert R. Kohl (born August 22, 1937) is an educator best known for his advocacy of progressive alternative education and as the author of more than thirty books on education.

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Hidden curriculum

A hidden curriculum is a side effect of an education, " which are learned but not openly intended"Martin, Jane.

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Homeschooling

Homeschooling, also known as home education, is the education of children inside the home.

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Involuntary servitude

Involuntary servitude or involuntary slavery is a United States legal and constitutional term for a person laboring against that person's will to benefit another, under some form of coercion other than the worker's financial needs.

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Jaime Escalante

Jaime Alfonso Escalante Gutierrez (December 31, 1930 – March 30, 2010) was a Bolivian educator known for teaching students calculus from 1974 to 1991 at Garfield High School, East Los Angeles, California.

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John Holt (educator)

John Caldwell Holt (April 14, 1923 – September 14, 1985) was an American author and educator, a proponent of homeschooling and, specifically, the unschooling approach, and a pioneer in youth rights theory.

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John Taylor (given name)

*John Taylor Arms (1887-1953), American artist.

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Leon Hadar

Leon Hadar, is a global affairs analyst, journalist, blogger and author.

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List of authors by name: G

List of authors by name: A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – W – X – Y – Z.

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List of Hunter College people

The list of Hunter College people includes notable graduates, professors and other people affiliated with Hunter College of the City University of New York.

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Mathematical anxiety

Mathematical anxiety is anxiety about one's ability to do mathematics.

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Monongahela, Pennsylvania

Monongahela, colloquially "Mon City", is a City in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States (ZIP code 15063) and is part of the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area, located approximately south of the city proper.

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Mudsill theory

Mudsill theory is a sociological term indicating the proposition that there must be, and always has been, a lower class for the upper classes to rest upon.

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Necessary Illusions

Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies is a 1989 book by United States academic Noam Chomsky concerning political power using propaganda to distort and distract from major issues to maintain confusion and complicity, preventing real democracy from becoming effective.

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New Hampshire Liberty Forum

The New Hampshire Liberty Forum is an annual convention-style conference hosted by the Free State Project.

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Outline of education

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to education: Education – in the general sense is any act or experience that has a formative effect on the mind, character, or physical ability of an individual.

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Propaganda

Propaganda is information that is not objective and is used primarily to influence an audience and further an agenda, often by presenting facts selectively to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded language to produce an emotional rather than a rational response to the information that is presented.

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Prussian education system

The Prussian education system refers to the system of education established in Prussia as a result of educational reforms in the late 18th and early 19th century, which has had widespread influence since.

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Public records in China

Dang'an is a Chinese word meaning "record".

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The Underground History of American Education

The Underground History of American Education: A Schoolteacher’s Intimate Investigation Into the Problem of Modern Schooling (pbk.) is a critique of the United States education system by John Taylor Gatto.

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Unschooling

Unschooling is an educational method and philosophy that advocates learner-chosen activities as a primary means for learning.

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Bartleby Project, John Gatto, John T. Gatto.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Taylor_Gatto

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