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$bio: John Taylor Gatto is a renowned speaker having lectured about education in all 50 states and 9 countries. He taught for 30 years in public schools and was twice awarded the New York State Teacher of the Year.  Mr. Gatto resigned from school teaching in the op-ed pages of the Wall Street Journal because he no longer wanted “to hurt kids to make a living.” Demonstrating unsurpassed bravery in his condemnation of government-monopoly compulsory schooling, he is known as “The World’s Most Courageous Teacher.” He is the author of A Different Kind of Teacher, The Exhausted School, Dumbing Us Down, ‎Weapons of Mass Instruction, and The Underground History of American Education, having sold over 200,000 copies, and co-creator of the epic 5-hour DVD interview, The Ultimate History Lesson: A Weekend with John Taylor Gatto. Learn more: www.JohnTaylorGatto.com

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John Taylor Gatto is a renowned speaker having lectured about education in all 50 states and 9 countries. He taught for 30 years in public schools and was twice awarded the New York State Teacher of the Year. Mr. Gatto resigned from school teaching in the op-ed pages of the Wall Street Journal because he no longer wanted “to hurt kids to make a living.” Demonstrating unsurpassed bravery in his condemnation of government-monopoly compulsory schooling, he is known as “The World’s Most Courageous Teacher.” He is the author of A Different Kind of Teacher, The Exhausted School, Dumbing Us Down, ‎Weapons of Mass Instruction, and The Underground History of American Education, having sold over 200,000 copies, and co-creator of the epic 5-hour DVD interview, The Ultimate History Lesson: A Weekend with John Taylor Gatto. Learn more: www.JohnTaylorGatto.com