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John Taylor Gatto, the Glossary

John Taylor Gatto (December 15, 1935 – October 25, 2018) was an American author and school teacher.^[1]

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Advocates of unschooling and homeschooling
American educational reformers
Conservative Party of New York State politicians
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Alexander James Inglis

Alexander James Inglis (November 24, 1879 – April 12, 1924) was an American author and educator who was instrumental in promoting the "new American" secondary education at the beginning of the 20th century.

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Alexis de Tocqueville

Alexis Charles Henri Clérel, comte de Tocqueville (29 July 180516 April 1859), was a French aristocrat, diplomat, sociologist, political scientist, political philosopher, and historian.

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Berry College

Berry College is an American private liberal arts college in the Mount Berry community adjacent to Rome, Georgia.

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British Columbia

British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada.

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C-SPAN

Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network (C-SPAN) is an American cable and satellite television network, created in 1979 by the cable television industry as a nonprofit public service.

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Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt

Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt (October 26, 1930 – February 8, 2022) was an American freelance writer and senior policy advisor to the U.S. Department of Education.

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City University of New York

The City University of New York (CUNY, spoken) is the public university system of New York City.

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Columbia University

Columbia University, officially Columbia University in the City of New York, is a private Ivy League research university in New York City.

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Conservative Party of New York State

The Conservative Party of New York State is an American political party founded in 1962 following conservative dissatisfaction with the Republican Party in New York.

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Cornell University

Cornell University is a private Ivy League land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York.

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Critical pedagogy

Critical pedagogy is a philosophy of education and social movement that developed and applied concepts from critical theory and related traditions to the field of education and the study of culture.

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David Paterson

David Alexander Paterson (born May 20, 1954) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 55th governor of New York, succeeding Eliot Spitzer, who resigned, and serving out nearly three years of Spitzer's term from March 2008 to December 2010.

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Deschooling Society

Deschooling Society is a 1971 book written by Austrian priest Ivan Illich that critiques the role and practice of education in the modern world.

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Douglas & McIntyre

Douglas and McIntyre (2013) Ltd.

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Dumbing Us Down

Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling is a non-fiction book written by American teacher and political communitarian John Taylor Gatto.

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Education

Education is the transmission of knowledge, skills, and character traits and manifests in various forms.

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Education Week

Education Week is a news organization that has covered K–12 education since 1981.

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Evangelicalism

Evangelicalism, also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide interdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity that emphasizes the centrality of sharing the "good news" of Christianity, being "born again" in which an individual experiences personal conversion, as authoritatively guided by the Bible, God's revelation to humanity.

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Exodus Mandate

Exodus Mandate, based in Columbia, South Carolina, United States, is a wholly owned project of Frontline Ministries, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

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Fort Knox

Fort Knox is a United States Army installation in Kentucky, south of Louisville and north of Elizabethtown.

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Fort Sam Houston

Fort Sam Houston is a U.S. Army post in San Antonio, Texas.

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Gabriola Island

Gabriola Island is one of the Gulf Islands in the Strait of Georgia in British Columbia (BC), Canada.

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Greater Pittsburgh

Greater Pittsburgh is the metropolitan area surrounding the city of Pittsburgh in Western Pennsylvania, United States.

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Harper's Magazine

Harper's Magazine is a monthly magazine of literature, politics, culture, finance, and the arts.

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A hidden curriculum is a set of lessons "which are learned but not openly intended"Martin, Jane.

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Homeschooling

Homeschooling or home schooling, also known as home education or elective home education (EHE), is the education of school-aged children at home or a variety of places other than a school.

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How Children Fail

How Children Fail is a non-fiction book by John Holt that was published in 1964 and republished in 1982 in a revised edition.

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Hunter College

Hunter College is a public university in New York City.

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IMDb

IMDb (an acronym for Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews.

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Internet Archive

The Internet Archive is an American nonprofit digital library founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle.

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John Holt (educator)

John Caldwell Holt (April 14, 1923 – September 14, 1985) was an American author and educator, a proponent of homeschooling (specifically the unschooling approach), and a pioneer in youth rights theory. John Taylor Gatto and John Holt (educator) are Advocates of unschooling and homeschooling, American education writers, American educational reformers, American educational theorists, American libertarians and homeschooling advocates.

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Kentucky

Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Latrobe, Pennsylvania

Latrobe is a city in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Libertarianism

Libertarianism (from libertaire, itself from the lit) is a political philosophy that upholds liberty as a core value.

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Monongahela, Pennsylvania

Monongahela, referred to locally as Mon City, is a third class city in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York State Senate

The New York State Senate is the upper house of the New York State Legislature, while the New York State Assembly is its lower house.

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Open-source curriculum

An open-source curriculum (OSC) is an online instructional resource that can be freely used, distributed and modified.

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Pat Farenga

Patrick Farenga is an American writer and educational activist. John Taylor Gatto and Pat Farenga are American education writers, American educational theorists and homeschooling advocates.

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Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh is a city in and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Praxis test

A Praxis test is one of a series of American teacher certification exams written and administered by the Educational Testing Service.

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Reed College

Reed College is a private liberal arts college in Portland, Oregon, United States.

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Richard Grant White

Richard Grant White (May 23, 1822 – April 8, 1885) was one of the foremost literary and musical critics of his day. John Taylor Gatto and Richard Grant White are American education writers.

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Ron Paul

Ronald Ernest Paul (born August 20, 1935) is an American author, activist, physician and retired politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 22nd congressional district from 1976 to 1977 and again from 1979 to 1985, as well as for Texas's 14th congressional district from 1997 to 2013. John Taylor Gatto and Ron Paul are American libertarians and homeschooling advocates.

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Simon & Schuster

Simon & Schuster LLC is an American publishing company owned by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.

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A social class or social stratum is a grouping of people into a set of hierarchical social categories, the most common being the working class, middle class, and upper class.

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Swissvale, Pennsylvania

Swissvale is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, east of downtown Pittsburgh.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the most populous state in the South Central region of the United States.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Underground History of American Education

The Underground History of American Education: A Schoolteacher’s Intimate Investigation Into the Problem of Modern Schooling (pbk.) is a critique of the United States education system by John Taylor Gatto.

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The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), also referred to simply as the Journal, is an American newspaper based in New York City, with a focus on business and finance.

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Total institution

A total institution or residential institution is a place of work and residence where a great number of similarly situated people, cut off from the wider community for a considerable time, together lead an enclosed, formally administered round of life.

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Truthout

Truthout is an American non-profit news organization which describes itself as "dedicated to providing independent reporting and commentary on a diverse range of social justice issues".

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Uniontown, Pennsylvania

Uniontown is the largest city in and the county seat of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States, southeast of Pittsburgh.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber.

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University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California.

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University of Pittsburgh

The University of Pittsburgh (also known as Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Unschooling

Unschooling is an informal learning method that prioritizes learner-chosen activities as a primary means for learning.

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Whole Earth Review

Whole Earth Review (Whole Earth after 1997) was a magazine which was founded in January 1985 after the merger of the Whole Earth Software Review (a supplement to the Whole Earth Software Catalog) and the CoEvolution Quarterly.

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WorldCat

WorldCat is a union catalog that itemizes the collections of tens of thousands of institutions (mostly libraries), in many countries, that are current or past members of the OCLC global cooperative.

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Yeshiva University

Yeshiva University is a private Orthodox Jewish university with four campuses in New York City.

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Yvonne Gilbert

Anne Yvonne Gilbert (born 1950/1951) is a British artist and book illustrator.

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Zachariah Montgomery

Zachariah Montgomery (March 6, 1825 in Nelson County, Kentucky – September 3, 1900 in Los Angeles, California) was a publisher, lawyer, politician, and author, particularly known for his skills as an orator. John Taylor Gatto and Zachariah Montgomery are American education writers and American educational theorists.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Taylor_Gatto

Also known as John Gatto, John T. Gatto.

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See also

Advocates of unschooling and homeschooling

American educational reformers

Conservative Party of New York State politicians

Homeschooling advocates

References