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The Underground History of American Education: A Schoolteacher’s Intimate Investigation Into the Problem of Modern Schooling (ISBN0-945700-05-9, pbk. ISBN0-945700-04-0) is a critique of the United States education system by John Taylor Gatto.
The Underground History of American Education: A Schoolteacher’s Intimate Investigation Into the Problem of Modern Schooling
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A former teacher, Gatto left the classroom the same year he was named New York State Teacher of the Year. He announced his decision in a letter titled "I Quit, I Think".[1][non-primary source needed]
Using anecdotes gathered from thirty years of teaching, alongside documentation, Gatto presents his view of modern compulsion schooling as opposed to genuine education, describing a "conflict between systems which offer physical safety and certainty at the cost of suppressing free will, and those which offer liberty at the price of constant risk". Gatto argues that educational strategies promoted by government and industry leaders for over a century included the creation of a system that keeps real power in the hands of very few people.
From the book's Introduction:
"... Underground History isn’t a history proper, but a collection of materials toward a history, embedded in a personal essay analyzing why mass compulsion schooling is unreformable. The history I have unearthed is important to our understanding; it’s a good start, I believe, but much remains undone."
"... what I’m trying to describe [is] that what has happened to our schools was inherent in the original design for a planned economy and a planned society laid down so proudly at the end of the nineteenth century."
Oxford Scholars Press released a revised edition of the book in 2017, featuring a foreword is by U.S. CongressmanRon Paul, an introduction by David Ruenzel, and an afterword by Richard Grove of Tragedy & Hope media.[4] The edition was edited by David James Rodriguez.[4][non-primary source needed]
^. www.johntaylorgatto.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2004. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
^"The Underground History of American Education." UnwelcomeGuests.net.
^. Archived from the original on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
^ abThe Underground History of American Education: A Schoolteachers's Intimate Investigation Into the Problem of Modern Schooling. WorldCat. OCLC 992978582.
^Abdel Rahim, Layla (PhD). Review of The Underground History of American Education: A Schoolteacher’s Intimate Investigation Into the Problem of Modern Schooling. miltsov.org
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia s notability guideline for books Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention If notability cannot be shown the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted Find sources The Underground History of American Education news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2022 Learn how and when to remove this message This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources The Underground History of American Education news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2021 Learn how and when to remove this message Learn how and when to remove this message The Underground History of American Education A Schoolteacher s Intimate Investigation Into the Problem of Modern Schooling ISBN 0 945700 05 9 pbk ISBN 0 945700 04 0 is a critique of the United States education system by John Taylor Gatto The Underground History of American Education A Schoolteacher s Intimate Investigation Into the Problem of Modern SchoolingFirst editionAuthorJohn Taylor GattoCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishSubjectEducation HistoryGenreNon fictionPublisherOxford Village PressPublication date2000Media typePaperback and HardcoverPages412 Paperback ISBN0 945700 04 0 Paperback ISBN 0 945700 05 9 Hardcover OCLC45004688Dewey Decimal811 54 20LC ClassPS3557 R1987 O5 1993TextThe Underground History of American Education A Schoolteacher s Intimate Investigation Into the Problem of Modern Schooling at Internet Archive A former teacher Gatto left the classroom the same year he was named New York State Teacher of the Year He announced his decision in a letter titled I Quit I Think 1 non primary source needed Using anecdotes gathered from thirty years of teaching alongside documentation Gatto presents his view of modern compulsion schooling as opposed to genuine education describing a conflict between systems which offer physical safety and certainty at the cost of suppressing free will and those which offer liberty at the price of constant risk Gatto argues that educational strategies promoted by government and industry leaders for over a century included the creation of a system that keeps real power in the hands of very few people From the book s Introduction Underground History isn t a history proper but a collection of materials toward a history embedded in a personal essay analyzing why mass compulsion schooling is unreformable The history I have unearthed is important to our understanding it s a good start I believe but much remains undone what I m trying to describe is that what has happened to our schools was inherent in the original design for a planned economy and a planned society laid down so proudly at the end of the nineteenth century The book was read from 2006 2007 for the Unwelcome Guests radio show 2 3 non primary source needed Contents 1 Editions 2 Reception 3 References 4 External linksEditions editOxford Scholars Press released a revised edition of the book in 2017 featuring a foreword is by U S Congressman Ron Paul an introduction by David Ruenzel and an afterword by Richard Grove of Tragedy amp Hope media 4 The edition was edited by David James Rodriguez 4 non primary source needed Reception editLayla Abdel Rahim included the book on her reading list regarding education and pedagogy She described the book as an extremely important critique of culture and pedagogy 5 non primary source needed References edit I Quit I Think John Taylor Gatto www johntaylorgatto com Archived from the original on 3 February 2004 Retrieved 12 January 2022 The Underground History of American Education UnwelcomeGuests net I Quit I Think John Taylor Gatto Archived from the original on 2012 04 02 Retrieved 2012 04 01 a b The Underground History of American Education A Schoolteachers s Intimate Investigation Into the Problem of Modern Schooling WorldCat OCLC 992978582 Abdel Rahim Layla PhD Review of The Underground History of American Education A Schoolteacher s Intimate Investigation Into the Problem of Modern Schooling miltsov orgExternal links editFull text at Internet Archive Full text online at johntaylorgatto com Full audiobook available MP3 read by Lyn Gerry and Robin Upton at Unwelcome Guests John Taylor Gatto s official website Reviews Review and summary by kuro5hin s localroger at kuro5hin org Review and Summary by Chris Acheson at Slashdot Review by VolumesOfValue audio at Internet Archive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Underground History of American Education amp oldid 1144169039, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
