gatto, john taylor

"Is school the best way to get an education? Ethan and Emily Tuttle have spent several years in school being graded on the quality of their work. But after hearing an award-winning teacher discuss some problems with schooling and share a vision for how children are best educated, the Tuttle family decides to embark on a new learning adventure. Long-time educator John Taylor Gatto shares ideas with the Tuttle family from his Book "The Underground history of American Education". As they soon learn, education works best when we have the freedom to discover our interests and develop our abilities, rather than being shaped into what somebody else wants."--Back cover.

Contains essays and speeches in which John Gatto, a teacher in Manhattan's public schools for twenty-six years, explains why he believes public schools are failures, and discusses what children need to get a valuable education.

[An]... edition of John Gatto's essays and speeches in which the New York City teacher explains why he believes public schools are failures, and discusses what children need to get a valuable education.

A tenth-anniversary edition of John Gatto's essays and speeches in which the New York City teacher explains why he believes public schools are failures, and discusses what children need to get a valuable education. Includes a new foreword, introduction, and afterword.