About the Author

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, and Weapons of Mass Instruction, 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.