Jonathan Kozol (born September 5, 1936) is a American writer, educator, and activist. best known for his books on public education in the United States. Read full biography of Jonathan Kozol →
Now, I don't expect what I write to change things. I think I write now simply as a witness. This is how it is. This is what we have done. This is... →
'Savage Inequalities' was about school finance, and 'Amazing Grace' primarily dealt with medical and social injustices in New York.... →
The primary victims of Katrina, those who were given the least help by the government, those rescued last or not at all, were overwhelmingly people... →
I wrote the first book, and I thought people would say: 'Separate and unequal schools in the City of Boston? I didn't know that. Let's go... →
No Child Left Behind widens the gap between the races more than any piece of educational legislation I've seen in 40 years. It denies inner-city... →
As a matter of record, New York City spends a higher portion of its budget on instruction and associated costs within the schools themselves than any... →
At present, black children are more segregated in their public schools than at any time since 1968. In the inner-city schools I visit, minority... →
But when I went to Harvard, it kind of got washed out of me, partly because people made fun of you in college. If you said you believed in God, they... →
Consider what it is like to go into a new classroom and to see before you suddenly, and in a way you cannot avoid recognizing, the dreadful... →
I don't know if anything I write will endure, but I do try to write it as a narrative that will not only challenge but also entice the reader... →
Many of those who argue for vouchers say that they simply want to use competition to improve public education. I don't think it works that way... →
Public school was never in business to produce Thoreau. It is in business to produce a man like Richard Nixon and, even more, a population like the... →
The first ten, twelve or fifteen years of life are excavated of inherent moral worth in order to accommodate a regimen of basic training for the... →
Jonathan Kozol (born September 5, 1936) is a American writer, educator, and activist. best known for his books on public education in the United States.