Illiterate America
by Jonathan Kozol
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Describes the economic and human costs of illiteracy using hard statistics and heartrending stories.Tags
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Good book about this problem. I was working on my library degree at the time.
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19+ Works 7,364 Members
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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- Sociology, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 370.973 — Society, Government, and Culture Education Education History, geographic treatment, biography North America United States
- LCC
- LC151 .K68 — Education Special aspects of education Special aspects of education Social aspects of education Literacy. Illiteracy
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- English, Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
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