Valor Academy The Underground History of American Education, Volume I: An Intimate Investigation Into the Prison of Modern Schooling

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️The Underground History of American Education by John Taylor Gatto is an eye-opening and thought-provoking book that challenges everything we think we know about the education system in America. As a former educator, Gatto provides a unique insider perspective on the history, purpose, and hidden agendas behind modern schooling, and his insights are both compelling and alarming.The book meticulously traces the origins of compulsory education, showing how the system was designed not to empower students, but to control and mold them into obedient workers. Gatto presents a wealth of historical facts and evidence that illustrate how the education system has been used as a tool for social engineering rather than fostering individual thinking and creativity.What sets this book apart is the depth of research and the fearless way Gatto connects the dots between education, politics, and economics. He isn’t afraid to question authority or challenge long-held beliefs, and his writing encourages readers to do the same. His analysis of the factory model of schooling, designed to produce conformity rather than brilliance, is especially powerful.Despite its heavy themes, the book is accessible and engaging. Gatto writes with passion and clarity, and he uses personal anecdotes, historical accounts, and academic research to build his case. It's not just a critique of the system; it also offers a call to action for parents, teachers, and students to take control of their own education and think critically about the role of schooling in their lives.In conclusion, The Underground History of American Education is a must-read for anyone interested in the future of education, personal freedom, and intellectual growth. It’s a book that will leave you questioning the status quo and rethinking what it means to be truly educated. Highly recommended!

You won't be sorry you read it. Life changing book. Do not let the fact that it is about American schools put you off. It is still very relevant

I really like this book on many different aspects.It describes a different model of teaching where students are empowered rather than included in a system designed to make them functional for the actual order of the society but not for themselves.Mr. Gatto tells us his professional story, the way he cared about his students.How the students from the problematic Harlem won on competitions against students from the exclusive schools of Manhattan.It tells us the story of how and why the schooling system in the US, and so in the rest of the West, became what it is now and proposes an alternative.The writing style is easy and entertaining.

Love this Book. It prosecutes Schooling from top to bottom and tells you exactly why and how it all started. You can find the backup data an references in everything this thoughtful and sincere teacher did to discover it all. It tells the truth you likely always perceived, but because few around you would even suggest that forced government schooling was a anything other than wonderful and a very valid thing. So it must be you that is the problem. Of course you may be a problem, but more like a slightly overcooked steak was a problem on that fateful night in 1912 on the Titanic. Forced Gov't School is the main mechanism by which the United States and the freedom once found there is being undone. If you possibly can, take your kids out of Public schools and most all private schools too. There is no education found there that is truly for the benefit of the student. It is most certainly not for the student's benefit it is for something completely different. I am a former believer that school was a very valid thing. I got all the good grades I wanted, college, law school, often questioned things, but not seriously, then I had my own children, discovered Mr. Gatto's view on things, which were my own, by my own had no validation I could get my hands on. I don't think there is a person alive who could read this book digest it, and come away thinking that school is valid. Even if all the teachers are nice and sincere people, they do what they are told or they are cut, unless they help this kids without anyone really knowing about it. No one truly learns anything the way school is put together, if they come out all right from school, it will be in spite of being in school, never because of school, or it is because they could care less about their peers opinion or there grades or humiliation, because they were already focused on something they were pursuing and pursued it with all they had. All a person needs when you get down to it is Love, encouragement, and the ability to Read. The ability to read sophisticated material can take you anywhere you want to go including to and through any math, trig, calc, anything. The case is closed, but most don't know it. Tell everyone you know once you become convinced.

Incredible book about America’s education history. Very impactful 10/10 recommend