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

John Taylor Gatto's earlier book, Dumbing Us Down, introduced that now-famous expression into common vernacular. Weapons of Mass instruction adds another chilling metaphor to the brief against conventional schooling. In it, he demonstrates that the harm school inflicts is rational and deliberate. The real function of modern pedagogy, he argues, is to render the population manageable. Filled with examples of people who have escaped the trap of compulsory schooling, Weapons of Mass Instructio...