Both Homeschoolers and Public School Teachers know John Taylor Gatto. See what he has to say about the history of public schools at the following website: http://www.johntaylorgatto.com. - at the site click on "History Tour" in the sidebar.

-- Terry - NW Ohio (aunt_tm@hotmail.com), March 02, 2002

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He wrote a great book- Dumbing Us Down.

-- Rebekah (daniel1@itss.net), March 02, 2002.

I highly recommend that people read anything they can by Gatto. He says some very important things and really can open your eyes to what has been going on in the public school system - from an insider's viewpoint. BTW, I was just shown this quote yesterday and want to share it: "In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards." - Mark Twain.

-- Deena in GA (dsmj55@aol.com), March 03, 2002.