For two years, beginning in 1988, jonathan kozol visited schools in neighborhoods across the country, from illinois to washington d. He spoke with teachers, principals, superintendents, and, most important, children. Among his other major works are rachel and her children, a study of homeless mothers and their children, which received the robert f. Savage inequalities book columbus metropolitan library. Children in americas schools is a book written by jonathan kozol that examines the american educational system and the inequalities that exist between poor innercity schools and more affluent suburban schools.
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Kozol, the wall street journal, and various interview subjects. Jonathan kozol has been awarded the national book award and the robert f. This 49page guide for savage inequalities by jonathan kozol includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 6 chapters, as well as several more indepth sections of expertwritten literary analysis. Kozol again turns a floodlight on a dark corner of the nations soul, the classrooms of the minority poor. Children in americas schools foreword and prologue, looking backward.
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