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Jonathan Kozol (born September 5, 1936) is an American writer, progressive activist, and educator, best known for his books on public education in the United States.
Kozol argues that racial segregation is still alive and well in the American educational system, due to the gross inequalities that result from unequal distribution of funds collected through both property taxes and funds distributed by the State in an attempt to "equalize" the expenditures of schools.
In the first chapter of this text, Kozol examines the current state of segregation within the urban school system. He begins with a discussion on the irony stated in the above quote: schools named after leaders of the integration struggle are some of the most segregated schools, such as the Thurgood Marshall Elementary School in Seattle, Washington (95% minority) or a school named after Rosa ...
But America’s education system is still separate and unequal. Michael Harriot is a writer, cultural critic and championship-level Spades player. His NY Times bestseller Black AF History: The ...
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Chalkbeat examines what could happen to millions of children and their schools if President-elect Donald Trump enacts the hardline immigration policies he campaigned on.
As of 2022, the U.S. ranks second to last among OECD nations in terms of both poverty gap and poverty rate. [6] [7] Jonathan Kozol has described these inequalities in K-12 education in Savage Inequalities and The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America.
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