Many of us regard ourselves as mildly liberal or centrist politically, voice fairly pleasant sentiments about our poor children, contribute money to send poor kids to summer camp, feel benevolent. We're not nazis; we're nice people. We read sophisticated books.… — 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 Image
The future teachers I try to recruit are those show have refused to let themselves be neutered in this way, either in their private lives or in the lives that they intend to lead in school. When they begin to teach, they come into their classrooms with a sense of affirmation of the goodness and the fullness of existence, with… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share
Separate and unequal didn't work 100 years ago. It will not work today. — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“I want to correct something I told you once,' she says. 'You asked me once if I thought white people wish that Puerto Rican and black people would just die or go away. I thought it over and I changed my mind. I don’t think they wish that we would die. I think they wish that we were never born.… — 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 Image
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 Image
'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 Image
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 Image
