Political struggle is the most important thing any of us can do as a citizen in a democracy; and that means the… — Jonathan Kozol Can do 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… — Jonathan Kozol Affirmation Copy Share Image
Separate and unequal didn't work 100 years ago. It will not work today. — Jonathan Kozol 100 years 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… — Jonathan Kozol Education 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… — Jonathan Kozol Any 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… — Jonathan Kozol Black people Copy Share Image
Let's concede that we have decided to let our children grow up in two separate nations, and lead two separate kinds of… — Jonathan Kozol Activist 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… — Jonathan Kozol Asians 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… — Jonathan Kozol About 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… — Jonathan Kozol Categories Copy Share Image
No Child Left Behind widens the gap between the races more than any piece of educational legislation I've seen in 40 years.… — Jonathan Kozol Any 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 America Copy Share Image
The answers I remember longest are the ones that answer questions that I didn't think of asking. — Jonathan Kozol Answers Copy Share Image
Businessmen are not in business to lose customers, and schools do not exist to free their clients from the agencies of mass… — Jonathan Kozol Agencies Copy Share Image
Young children give us glimpses of some things that are eternal. — Jonathan Kozol Children Copy Share Image
There has been so much recent talk of progress in the areas of curriculum innovation and textbook revision that few people outside… — Jonathan Kozol Areas Copy Share Image
At that time, I had recently finished a book called Amazing Grace, which many people tell me is a very painful book… — Jonathan Kozol Amazing grace Copy Share Image
Childhood ought to have at least a few entitlements that aren't entangled with utilitarian considerations. One of them should be the right… — Jonathan Kozol Childhood Copy Share Image
It is a commonplace by now to say that the urban school systems of America contain a higher percentage of Negro children… — Jonathan Kozol America Copy Share Image
But for the children of the poorest people we're stripping the curriculum, removing the arts and music, and drilling the children into… — Jonathan Kozol Art Copy Share Image
“Still, the facts are always there. Every teacher, every parent, every priest who serves this kind of neighborhood knows what these inequalities… — Jonathan Kozol Justice Copy Share Image
Children sometimes understand things that most grown-ups do not see. — Jonathan Kozol Children Copy Share Image
I wrote the first book, and I thought people would say: 'Separate and unequal schools in the City of Boston? I didn't… — Jonathan Kozol Book Copy Share Image
