Schools shouldn’t be about handing down a collection of static truths to the next generation but about responding to the needs and interests of the students themselves. When you do that, you won’t have to bribe, threaten, or otherwise artificially induce them to learn.
John Dewy, Author

Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling

Mon, 02/04/2008 - 14:46 -- admin

Thirty years of award-winning teaching in New York City’s public schools led John Gatto to the sad conclusion that compulsory governmental schooling does little but teach young people to follow orders as cogs in the industrial machine.

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