Bridget's review
The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America by Jonathan Kozol
Bridget's review
rating:
bookshelves: socialscience
recommended for: everyone
status: Read in March, 2007
rating:
bookshelves: socialscience
recommended for: everyone
status: Read in March, 2007
I think Jonathan Kozol is one of the best nonfiction writers out there. I've read nearly all his books, including this one about racial segregation in American schools. Our education system is a topic he has covered brilliantly in previous books -- "Savage Inequalities" and "Death at an Early Age" -- both excellent, and I highly recommend reading them. Following his typical style, he pulls in lots of published facts on the topic, but places this in context by spending a great deal of time in the schools he writes about, talking to students, teachers, and parents. Depressing, upsetting, and informative, a very worthy read.
