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| birth_place = Monongahela, PA, USA
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| residence  = Oxford, NY
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| nationality = American
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| known_for  = Educational activist, New York State Teacher of the Year
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| education  = [[Cornell University|Cornell]], the [[University of Pittsburgh]], [[Yeshiva]], [[Hunter College]] and the [[University of California]]
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A former New York City & State Teacher of the Year, who resigned on the op ed page of the Wall Street Journal, saying that he "no longer wished to hurt kids to make a living." Researched the history of schooling in US for 10 years, and wrote his findings in in the book [[The Underground History of American Education]].
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== See Also ==
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* [http://altruists.org/gatto Collection of Gatto MP3s]
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Revision as of 02:05, 24 June 2010

John Taylor Gatto
Born December 1935 (age 89)
Monongahela, PA, USA
Residence Oxford, NY
Nationality American
Education Cornell, the University of Pittsburgh, Yeshiva, Hunter College and the University of California
Known for Educational activist, New York State Teacher of the Year


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A former New York City & State Teacher of the Year, who resigned on the op ed page of the Wall Street Journal, saying that he "no longer wished to hurt kids to make a living." Researched the history of schooling in US for 10 years, and wrote his findings in in the book The Underground History of American Education.

See Also