Jonathan Kozol
Jonathan Kozol is an
educator who believes that children are being given the shaft in America
today. He's concerned enough to have written several acclaimed books on the
subject.
Not as famous as Dennis Rodman
Reviews:
A review of a speech he gave before a
few thousand educators.
Two of his books have "hit the charts": Amazing Grace, and Savage
Inequalities. Here are four reviews of Amazing Grace:
"Amazing Grace",
ag2
ag3,
and ag4.
His book "Savage Inequalities" is available online in Mac
format for Five bucks; here's a review.
Here's a review written BY Kozol, of Children of the Camps.
Interviews/Essays:
He's been interviewed in "Educational
Theory", and written an essay in Time
magazine. He's been written up in Education
Week, and interviewed in The Plough. The Progressive also had words for him. Children's Express had a chat with him.
Links:
- Jonathan Kozol is an old hand at commencement addresses: for example, at
Case Western
Reserve University, and Bates College
- Kozol was in Cincinnati in October, 2002, trying to help us work out the rifts between the races
David Boers turned me onto this guy. Thanks, David! Now you get your
own homepage, hear?