Becomes Quote 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…

— 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…

— Jonathan Kozol

Separate and unequal didn't work 100 years ago. It will not work today.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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,…

— Jonathan Kozol

When I was young, I was religious.

— 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…

— 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…

— Jonathan Kozol

Discrimination is alive and soaring.

— 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…

— Jonathan Kozol