Jonathan Kozol

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in Boston, MA, The United States

September 05, 1936

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Nonfiction, Social Sciences

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Jonathan Kozol is a non-fiction writer, educator, and activist best known for his work towards reforming American public schools. Upon graduating from Harvard, he received a Rhodes scholarship. After returning to the United States, Kozol became a teacher in the Boston Public Schools, until he was fired for teaching a Langston Hughes poem. Kozol has held two Guggenheim Fellowships, has twice been a fellow of the Rockefeller Foundation, and has also received fellowships from the Field and Ford Foundations. Most recently, Kozol has founded and is running a non-profit called Education Action. The group is dedicated to grassroots organizing of teachers across the country who wish to push back against NCLB and the most recent Supreme Court decisi...more

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Average rating: 4.17 · 18,656 ratings · 1,430 reviews · 24 distinct works · Similar authors

	Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools 4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 8,967 ratings — published 1991 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation 4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 3,194 ratings — published 1900 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America 4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 2,297 ratings — published 2005 — 14 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letters to a Young Teacher 3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 1,002 ratings — published 2007 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ordinary Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope 4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 766 ratings — published 2000 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rachel and Her Children: Homeless Families in America 4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 699 ratings — published 1987 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death at an Early Age by Jonathan Kozol, Robert Coles (Preface by) 4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 506 ratings — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America 4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 386 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Being a Teacher 3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 146 ratings — published 1981 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Night is Dark and I Am Far from Home: A Political Indictment of the U.S. Schools, 4th Ed. 4.4 of 5 stars 4.40 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 1975 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“A dream does not die on its own. A dream is vanquished by the choices ordinary people make about real things in their own lives...”
― Jonathan Kozol, Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation

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“I have been criticized throughout the course of my career for placing too much faith in the reliability of children's narratives; but I have almost always found that children are a great deal more reliable in telling us what actually goes on in public school than many of the adult experts who develop policies that shape their destinies.”
― Jonathan Kozol, The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America

17 people liked it

“You have to remember. . .that for this little boy whom you have met, his life is just as important to him, as your life is to you. No matter how insufficient or how shabby it may seem to some, it is the only one he has.”
― Jonathan Kozol, Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation

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