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Cover of the 2002 edition
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| Author | John Taylor Gatto |
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| Cover artist | Diane McIntosh |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Education & Teaching, Current Affairs |
| Publisher | New Society Publishers |
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Publication date
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1992 |
| Media type | (paperback and hardcover) |
| Pages | 106 (paperback and hardcover) |
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| OCLC | 49304855 |
Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling (ISBN ) is a book by teacher John Taylor Gatto. It has sold over 200,000 copies and consists of a multitude of speeches given by the author. The book proposes that radical change is needed to the American educational system to turn around the negative socialization that children receive.