It is a commonplace by now to say that the urban school systems of America contain a higher percentage of Negro children… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
An awful lot of people come to college with this strange idea that there's no longer segregation in America's schools, that our… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
I believe we need a national amendment which will guarantee every child in America the promise of not just an equal education… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
Governor Romney has said nothing about preschool. I think that giving the poorest kids in America wonderful preschool, and three years of… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
The last thing the theatre owners wanted was for people who spent $200 to see 'Les Miserables' to come out again and… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
We are now operating a school system in America that's more segregated than at any time since the death of Martin Luther… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
I have always felt my role was to do anything I could to enable the powerless to speak. I want America to… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
'Death at an Early Age' was about racial segregation in Boston. 'Illiterate America' was about grownups who can't read. 'Rachel and Her… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
Competitive skills are desperately needed by poor children in America, and realistic recognition of the economic roles that they may someday have… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
East St. Louis-which the local press refers to as "an inner city without an outer city"-has some of the sickest children in… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
Political struggle is the most important thing any of us can do as a citizen in a democracy; and that means the old joining… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share
The future teachers I try to recruit are those show have refused to let themselves be neutered in this way, either in their private… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share
“Unless we have the wealth to pay for private education, we are compelled by law to go to public school—and to the public school… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share
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… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share
“I want to correct something I told you once,' she says. 'You asked me once if I thought white people wish that Puerto Rican… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share
Let's concede that we have decided to let our children grow up in two separate nations, and lead two separate kinds of lives. If,… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share
Our political establishment refuses to use the word 'segregated.' They call the schools diverse, which means half black, half Hispanic, and maybe two white… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share
'Savage Inequalities' was about school finance, and 'Amazing Grace' primarily dealt with medical and social injustices in New York. But with 'Ordinary Resurrections,' I… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share
If you could lead through testing, the U.S. would lead the world in all education categories. When are people going to understand you don't… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share
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… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share
An awful lot of people come to college with this strange idea that there's no longer segregation in America's schools, that our schools are… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share
The answers I remember longest are the ones that answer questions that I didn't think of asking. — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share
