School’s out and home’s in, says education rebel
BevK June 6th, 2007
JOHN Taylor Gatto attracted his fair share of attention in three decades teaching in some of New York’s toughest schools.
In 1991 he was named New York Teacher of the Year, making even bigger headlines when he used his acceptance speech to resign from the profession.
But it’s in his retirement that the former English teacher has generated the most interest, travelling the world speaking out against compulsory schooling. All this has made him a controversial critic known as the “educational saboteur”.
If Mr Gatto had his way, schooling would be voluntary and more children would be home-schooled, with curriculums tailored for individual students.
John Taylor Gatto is speaking in Australia this weekend at the National Home Education Conference.
