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> [No Child Left Behind's fourth-grade gains aren't learning gains, they're testing gains. That's why they don't last. The law is a distraction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kozol/no-child-left-behind-s-fourth-grade-gains-aren-t-learning-gains-they/)

[Jonathan Kozol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kozol/)

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> [Children, of course, don't understand at first that they are being cheated. They come to school with a degree of faith and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kozol/children-of-course-don-t-understand-at-first-that-they-are-being/)

[Jonathan Kozol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kozol/)

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> [I once made a check of all books in my fourth-grade classroom. Of the slightly more than six hundred books, almost one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kozol/i-once-made-a-check-of-all-books-in-my-fourth-grade-classroom-of-the/)

[Jonathan Kozol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kozol/)

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## More by Jonathan Kozol

> [Political struggle is the most important thing any of us can do as a citizen in a democracy; and that means the old joining…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kozol/political-struggle-is-the-most-important-thing-any-of-us-can-do-as-a/)

[Jonathan Kozol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kozol/)

> [The future teachers I try to recruit are those show have refused to let themselves be neutered in this way, either in their private…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kozol/the-future-teachers-i-try-to-recruit-are-those-show-have-refused-to/)

[Jonathan Kozol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kozol/)

> [Separate and unequal didn't work 100 years ago. It will not work today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kozol/separate-and-unequal-didn-t-work-100-years-ago-it-will-not-work-today/)

[Jonathan Kozol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kozol/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kozol/unless-we-have-the-wealth-to-pay-for-private-education-we-are/)

[Jonathan Kozol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kozol/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kozol/at-present-black-children-are-more-segregated-in-their-public-schools/)

[Jonathan Kozol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kozol/)

> [“I want to correct something I told you once,' she says. 'You asked me once if I thought white people wish that Puerto Rican…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kozol/i-want-to-correct-something-i-told-you-once-she-says-you-asked-me/)

[Jonathan Kozol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kozol/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kozol/let-s-concede-that-we-have-decided-to-let-our-children-grow-up-in-two/)

[Jonathan Kozol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kozol/)

> [When I was young, I was religious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kozol/when-i-was-young-i-was-religious/)

[Jonathan Kozol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kozol/)

> [Our political establishment refuses to use the word 'segregated.' They call the schools diverse, which means half black, half Hispanic, and maybe two white…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kozol/our-political-establishment-refuses-to-use-the-word-segregated-they/)

[Jonathan Kozol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kozol/)

> ['Savage Inequalities' was about school finance, and 'Amazing Grace' primarily dealt with medical and social injustices in New York. But with 'Ordinary Resurrections,' I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kozol/savage-inequalities-was-about-school-finance-and-amazing-grace/)

[Jonathan Kozol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kozol/)

> [Discrimination is alive and soaring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kozol/discrimination-is-alive-and-soaring/)

[Jonathan Kozol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kozol/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kozol/if-you-could-lead-through-testing-the-u-s-would-lead-the-world-in-all/)

[Jonathan Kozol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kozol/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kozol/no-child-left-behind-widens-the-gap-between-the-races-more-than-any/)

[Jonathan Kozol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kozol/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kozol/an-awful-lot-of-people-come-to-college-with-this-strange-idea-that/)

[Jonathan Kozol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kozol/)

> [The answers I remember longest are the ones that answer questions that I didn't think of asking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kozol/the-answers-i-remember-longest-are-the-ones-that-answer-questions/)

[Jonathan Kozol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kozol/)

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