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John Taylor Gatto〔After learning he was regularly confused with another teacher named John Gatto, he added Taylor to his pen name.〕 (born December 15, 1935) is an American author and former school teacher with nearly 30 years of experience in the classroom. He devoted much of his energy to his teaching career, then, following his resignation, authored several books on modern education, criticizing its ideology, history, and consequences. He is best known for the underground classic "Dumbing Us Down: the Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling", and ''The Underground History of American Education: A Schoolteacher’s Intimate Investigation Into the Problem of Modern Schooling'', which is sometimes considered to be his ''magnum opus''. He was named New York City Teacher of the Year in 1989, 1990, and 1991, and New York State Teacher of the Year in 1991.〔(New York's Teachers of the Year ), New York State Education Department (accessed April 5, 2014).〕 ==Biography== Gatto was born in the Pittsburgh-area steel town of Monongahela, Pennsylvania. In his youth he attended public schools throughout the Pittsburgh Metro Area including Swissvale, Monongahela, and Uniontown as well as a Catholic boarding school in Latrobe. He did undergraduate work at Cornell, the University of Pittsburgh, and Columbia, then served in the U.S. Army medical corps at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Following army service he did graduate work at the City University of New York, Hunter College, Yeshiva University, the University of California, Berkeley, and Cornell. He worked as a writer and held several odd jobs before borrowing his roommate's license to investigate teaching. Gatto also ran for the New York State Senate, 29th District in 1985 and 1988 as a member of the Conservative Party of New York against incumbent David Paterson.〔"(THE ELECTIONS; New York State Senate )". ''New York Times''. November 10, 1988.〕 He was named New York City Teacher of the Year in 1989, 1990, and 1991, and New York State Teacher of the Year in 1991.〔 In 1991, he wrote a letter announcing his retirement, titled ''I Quit, I Think'', to the op-ed pages of the ''Wall Street Journal,'' saying that he no longer wished to "hurt kids to make a living." He then began a public speaking and writing career, and has received several awards from libertarian organizations, including the ''Alexis de Tocqueville Award for Excellence in Advancement of Educational Freedom'' in 1997.〔"()". ''Alexis de Tocqueville Award''. April 5, 2014.〕 He promotes homeschooling, and specifically unschooling and open source learning. Wade A. Carpenter, associate professor of education at Berry College, has called his books "scathing" and "one-sided and hyperbolic, () not inaccurate" and describes himself as in agreement with Gatto. Gatto is currently working on a 3-part documentary about compulsory schooling, titled ''The Fourth Purpose''. He says he was inspired by Ken Burns's ''Civil War''.〔(The Fourth Purpose Documentary Series ), Fourth Purpose Films (accessed March 21, 2008).〕 In 2011 he had two major strokes and received hundreds of messages of support from friends and fans worldwide. He suffered financial hardship since his medical insurance did not cover all his medical bills for rehabilitation. The stroke occurred after he completed the filming of "The Ultimate History Lesson: A Weekend with John Taylor Gatto" which was released in early 2012 by Tragedy and Hope Communications. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Taylor Gatto」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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