Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Public Schooling: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Public Schooling audiobook runs 3.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Michael Puttonen (about 2.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 3.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day | 4 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 days |
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What our data says
- At 3.3 hours, it is shorter than 76% of the 39,028 Non-Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Michael Puttonen
Michael Puttonen narrates 17 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 152 hours in all.
- Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling
- The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals
- Seeing Reds: The Red Scare of 1918-1919, Canada's First War on Terror
- Becoming the Kind Father: A Son's Journey
- Harperland: The Politics of Control
About as long, on the Non-Fiction shelf
1,853 Non-Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Public Schooling is an audiobook by John Taylor Gatto: a 3.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Puttonen, released February 14, 2012, on the Non-Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 3.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Michael Puttonen
- Released
- February 14, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780986657627
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Public Schooling audiobook?
Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Public Schooling runs 3.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.2 hours.
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Who narrates Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Public Schooling?
Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Public Schooling is narrated by Michael Puttonen.