THE UNDERGROUND HISTORY OF AMERICAN EDUCATION is a freewheeling investigation into the real - as opposed to the `official' - history of schooling, focused on the U.S. However, constant harassment by unhelpful administrations plus his own frustrations with what he came to realize were the inherent systemic deficiencies of our `public' schools led him to resign he now is a school-choice activist who writes and speaks against our compulsory, government-run school system.
John Taylor Gatto is a former New York public schoolteacher who taught for thirty years and won multiple awards for his teaching.
