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

by John Taylor Gatto

Book Overview

The transformation of schooling from a twelve-year jail sentence to freedom to learn.

John Taylor Gatto's Weapons of Mass Instruction , now available in paperback, focuses on mechanisms of traditional education which cripple imagination, discourage critical thinking, and create a false view of learning as a byproduct of rote-memorization drills. Gatto's earlier book, Dumbing Us Down , introduced the now-famous...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865716692
• ISBN13: 9780865716698
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: New Society Publishers
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

An eye-opener to the brainwashing we are all under the spell of

Gatto's brilliant literacy skills, coupled with an in depth history of how society has gotten to where we are today in regards to a severely failing educational system, blew the lid off my own sense of understanding about what is "right" and "best" and "should" be an education. It led to a deep dive into de-schooling myself as I took the plunge into home educating my own kids, initially for personal reasons, but after reading this book the reasons expanded to finding our own best path away from capitalist intentions designed to deepen our disconnection from family, community, and ultimately Self.