Jonathan Kozol

Author of Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools

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About the Author

Educator and author Jonathan Kozol was born in Boston. He graduated from Harvard University in 1958. Kozol has an concerns with topics such as illiteracy, children trying to learn in bad neighborhoods and homelessness. His books include Death at an Early Age, Illiterate American and Rachel and Her show more Children: Homeless Families in America. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Includes the names: J Kozol, Jon Kozol, KOZOL JONATHAN, Jonathan Kozol, Jonathan Kozel, Jonothan Kozol, Johnathan Kozol

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Works by Jonathan Kozol

Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation (1995) 1,286 copies

The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America (2005) 795 copies

Rachel and Her Children: Homeless Families in America (1987) 447 copies

Ordinary Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope (2000) 435 copies

Death at an Early Age (1967) 402 copies

Letters to a Young Teacher (2007) 329 copies

Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America (2012) 220 copies

Illiterate America (1985) 183 copies

The Theft of Memory: Losing My Father, One Day at a Time (2015) 145 copies

The Night Is Dark and I Am Far from Home (1975) 122 copies

On Being a Teacher (1981) 89 copies

Free Schools (1900) 70 copies

Children of the Revolution: A Yankee Teacher in the Cuban Schools (1978) 25 copies

An End to Inequality: Breaking Down the Walls of Apartheid Education in America (2024) 11 copies

Prisoners of silence: Breaking the bonds of adult illiteracy in the United States (1980) 7 copies

The Fume of Poppies (1963) 6 copies

Alternative Schools: A Guide for Educators and Parents (1982) 4 copies

Plough Quarterly No. 3: Childhood (2014) 3 copies

Jonathan Kozol's savage inequalities : a 15-year reconsideration (2013) 2 copies

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Associated Works

The Uses of Haiti (1994) — Foreword — 211 copies

The Heart Knows Something Different: Teenage Voices from the Foster Care System (1996) — Foreword — 34 copies

Teaching for Intelligence (1999) — Contributor — 11 copies

Transforming Teacher Unions : Fighting for Better Schools and Social Justice (1999) — Contributor — 11 copies

Voices From The Future: Our Children Tell Us About Violence in America (1993) — Foreword — 11 copies

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Kozol, Jonathan
Birthdate: 1936-09-05
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Places of residence: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Education: Harvard University
Occupations: teacher
activist
Awards and honors: Lannan Literary Award (Nonfiction, 1994)

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Reviews

An End to Inequality: Breaking Down the Walls of… by Jonathan Kozol

I think this might be a decent introductory text for people who are wanting a deeper look into the state of American education. As an educator and as someone who has read others of Kozol's books I didn't find it be all that informative.

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mlstweet | Mar 11, 2024 |

Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools by Jonathan Kozol

I put the book down after reading the first chapter. It has nothing to do with the book being poorly written. It was just from 1992, and I am not interested in reading something that's so outdated.

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tyk314 | 16 other reviews | Jan 22, 2024 |

Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools by Jonathan Kozol

I put the book down after reading the first chapter. It has nothing to do with the book being poorly written. It was just from 1992, and I am not interested in reading something that's so outdated.

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tyk314 | 16 other reviews | Jan 22, 2024 |

The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of… by Jonathan Kozol

After reading this book, I understand why over the 16 years I was a teacher with the New York City Department of Education I was constantly angry. I don't like social injustice, and I guess I never will.

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Mark_Feltskog | 12 other reviews | Dec 23, 2023 |

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