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John Taylor Gatto. John Taylor Gatto (December 15, 1935 [3] – October 25, 2018 [4]) was an American author and school teacher. After teaching for nearly 30 years he authored several books on modern education, criticizing its ideology, history, and consequences. He is best known for his books Dumbing Us Down: the Hidden Curriculum of ...
George Orwell. Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) was a British novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell, a name inspired by his favourite place, the River Orwell. [2]
Letters to a Young Teacher (2007) ISBN 978-0-307-39371-5; Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America (2012) ISBN 1-400-05246-7; The Theft of Memory: Losing My Father One Day at a Time (2015) ISBN 978-0-804-14099-7; The End to Inequality: Breaking Down the Walls of Apartheid Education in America (2024) [ISBN 978 ...
Peter Elbow (born April 14, 1935) is a professor of English Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he also directed the Writing Program from 1996 until 2000. He writes about theory, practice, and pedagogy, and has authored several books and papers. He is one of the pioneers of freewriting. [1]
The woman’s name was Tamora Pierce, the same as a precocious young writer my mom had taught nearly four decades before. In a recent e-mail, Pierce remembered clearly that my mom gave her the ...
Signature. Paul-Michel Foucault (UK: / ˈfuːkoʊ / FOO-koh, US: / fuːˈkoʊ / foo-KOH; [ 9 ]French: [pɔl miʃɛl fuko]; 15 October 1926 – 25 June 1984) was a French historian of ideas and philosopher who was also an author, literary critic, political activist, and teacher. Foucault's theories primarily addressed the relationships between ...
Maya Angelou (/ ˈændʒəloʊ / ⓘ AN-jə-loh; [1][2] born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over ...
Website. www.babarali.in. Babar Ali (born 18 March 1993) is a teacher from Murshidabad in West Bengal. He was called the "youngest headmaster in the world" by BBC in October 2009, at the age of sixteen. He had begun teaching at nine years of age, mostly as a game, and then decided to continue teaching other children at a larger scale.