Weapons of Mass Instruction : A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling (Hardcover)

from Razinha

This is without a doubt the most important book I have read in several years. His recap of Alexander Inglis's six functions of modern schooling (from Inglis's "Principles of Secondary Education") in his prologue hooked me immediately. John Taylor Gatto opened America's eyes to the problems of com...

from ricksbooks

Upon finishing this book, I've thought that it would a good thing to spend $1,000 and buy copies to leave laying about at the pediatrician's office, so as to reach the optimum audience per dollar spent.

from Razinha

This is without a doubt the most important book I have read in several years. His recap of Alexander Inglis's six functions of modern schooling (from Inglis's "Principles of Secondary Education") in his prologue hooked me immediately. John Taylor Gatto opened America's eyes to the problems of com...

from ricksbooks

Upon finishing this book, I've thought that it would a good thing to spend $1,000 and buy copies to leave laying about at the pediatrician's office, so as to reach the optimum audience per dollar spent.

from ohernaes

Modern schooling is a tool for stifling thinking and controlling the masses. Endless examples of people without much formal education who have made it big, nothing about the failures. Reasoned critiques of the school system are valuable. This book is not.