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John Taylor Gatto

Posted by Editors Education Reform, In The News, Primary Education, Secondary Education Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007

The Six-Lesson Schoolteacher by John Taylor Gatto, New York State Teacher of the Year, 1991 “Call me Mr. Gatto, please. Twenty-six years ago, having nothing better to do, I tried my hand at schoolteaching. My license certifies me as an instructor of English language and literature, but that isn’t what I do at all. What [...]

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Posted by Editors Education Reform, In The News Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007

Exam time again and blank pages return like hayfever. What is the meaning of ‘blank page’? Is it a cult? Is it a joke? Wikipedia asserts: “By placing intentionally blank pages between these sections, the test-taker is prevented from cheating. By printing a notice on the page, such as “this page intentionally left blank”, test-takers [...]

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