Beyond Schooling: Building Communities Where Learning Really Matters

by John Taylor Gatto, Hamza Yusuf, Dorothy L. Sayers

Contains an excerpt from Gatto's "The Underground History of American Education" along with the essay "Lambs to the Slaughter" by Hamza Yusuf Hanson and "The Lost Tools of Learning" by Dorothy Sayers. Includes a resource list "Essential Readings on Modern Education". Accompanies a CD audio program of Gatto and Yusuf.

Genres: Education, Parenting, Nonfiction

44 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

John Taylor Gatto is an American retired school teacher of 29 years and 8 months and author of several books on education. He is an activist critical of compulsory schooling and of what he characterizes as the hegemonic nature of discourse on education and the education professions.

Reviews

[Emma]

They are all mostly wrong. Grotto outright says that facts ≠ truth, so we should excuse the mistakes he makes when he writes misinformation.

[Jeanette · Rating 4 out of 5]

While I didn't agree with everything that was said, I did find this a very thought-provoking listen.
John Taylor Gatto always inspires me to learn more and teach my children rather than send them to a public school whose criteria are set by big businesses and the government.