Gatto believes one of the main problems with public schooling is that the state locks children away from community and family-“No large-scale reform is ever going to work to repair our damaged children and our damaged society until we force open the idea of ‘school’ to include family as the main engine of education” (p. Though only five chapters and 95 pages, Gatto forcefully makes his claim that America’s public school system is a complete disaster that needs to be done away with. Originally published in 1992, Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schoolingis a collection of essays and speeches by Gatto on public education. Having seen things firsthand, Gatto is in a position to understand just how bad America’s public schools are. For that reason alone, Dumbing Us Down is an intriguing book. John Taylor Gatto is a critic of America’s public school system who comes from an interesting perspective, as he taught in New York City’s public schools for over 30 years.
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