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 America Copy Share Image
“New York City manages expertly, and with marvelous predictability, whatever it considers humanly important. Fax machines, computers, automated telephones and even messengers… — Jonathan Kozol Class status Copy Share Image
I hope to be remembered for writing books about social justice that also have enough aesthetic value to endure as works of… — Jonathan Kozol About Copy Share Image
As damaging as the obsessive emphasis on testing often proves to be for kids in general, I believe that the effects are… — Jonathan Kozol Available 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 About Copy Share Image
I once made a check of all books in my fourth-grade classroom. Of the slightly more than six hundred books, almost one… — Jonathan Kozol Bombing Copy Share Image
In public schooling, social policy has been turned back almost one hundred years. — Jonathan Kozol Education Copy Share Image
“A dream does not die on it's own. A dream is vanquished by the choices ordinary people make about real things in… — Jonathan Kozol Dreams Copy Share Image
“There is a belief advanced today, and in some cases by conservative black authors, that poor children and particularly black children should… — Jonathan Kozol Athletic competition Copy Share Image
By far the most important factor in the success or failure of any school, far more important than tests or standards or… — Jonathan Kozol Accountability Copy Share Image
If there are amazing graces on this earth, I believe that they are these good children sent to us by God and… — Jonathan Kozol Amazing grace Copy Share Image
Apartheid education, rarely mentioned in the press or openly confronted even among once-progressive educators, is alive and well and rapidly increasing now… — Jonathan Kozol Alive Copy Share Image
President Obama still places far too much emphasis on relentless testing with standardized exams. — Jonathan Kozol Emphasis Copy Share Image
Schooling should not be left to the whim or wealth of village elders. I believe that we should fund all schools in… — Jonathan Kozol American Copy Share Image
On Mondays and Fridays in early May, nearly 18,000 children-the equivalent of all the elementary students in suburban Glencoe, Wilmette, Glenview, Kenilworth,… — Jonathan Kozol Children Copy Share Image
The 'niche' effect of charter schools guarantees a swift and vicious deepening of class and racial separation. — Jonathan Kozol Charter Copy Share Image
A great deal has been written in recent years about the purported lack of motivation in the children of the Negro ghettos.… — Jonathan Kozol About 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 Always Copy Share Image
Even if you never do anything about this, you've benefited from an unjust system. You're already the winner in a game that… — Jonathan Kozol Advantage Copy Share Image
Congress has an opportunity to take advantage of the opening created by Justice Kennedy later this year when it reauthorizes the federal… — Jonathan Kozol Act Copy Share Image
The primary victims of Katrina, those who were given the least help by the government, those rescued last or not at all,… — Jonathan Kozol Color Copy Share Image
Wonderful teachers should never let themselves be drill sergeants for the state. — Jonathan Kozol Drill Copy Share Image
“Conservatives are generally the ones who speak more passionately of patriotic values. They are often the first to rise up to protest… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
In the book, I write about children in first grade who were taught to read by reading want ads. They learned to… — Jonathan Kozol Ads Copy Share Image
I emphasize teachers because they are largely left out of the debate. None of the bombastic reports that come from Washington and… — Jonathan Kozol Asks Copy Share Image
