Children of the Revolution: A Yankee Teacher in the Cuban Schools

by Jonathan Kozol

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Tells of how one hundred thousand students helped bring an education to Cuba's illiterate adults as part of the Great Campaign of 1961 and looks at the Cuban school system today.

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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 Children: Homeless Families in America. (Bowker show more Author Biography) show less

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Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Sociology, History
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370.97291Society, government, & cultureEducationEducationHistory, geographic treatment, biographyNorth AmericaMexico, Central America, and the Caribbean
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LA486 .K69EducationHistory of educationHistory of educationOther regions or countries

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