No matter what happens in a child's home, no matter what other social and economic factors may impede a child, there's no question in my mind that a first-rate school can transform almost everything. Jonathan Kozol childeconomicfactor Change image and share on social
No human being who wants to read and own a book should ever have to go on a bended knee to get it. Jonathan Kozol bendedbookhuman Change image and share on social
No Child Left Behind widens the gap between the races more than any piece of educational legislation I've seen in 40 years. It denies inner-city kids the critical-thinking skills to interrogate reality. Jonathan Kozol childcitycritical share on social
Even if you never do anything about this, you've benefited from an unjust system. You're already the winner in a game that was rigged to your advantage from the start. Jonathan Kozol advantagebenefitgame Change image and share on social
When I was teaching in the 1960s in Boston, there was a great deal of hope in the air. Martin Luther King Jr. was alive, Malcolm X was alive; great, great leaders were emerging from the southern freedom movement. Jonathan Kozol 1960sairalive share on social
The greatest difference between now and 1964, when I began teaching, is that public policy has pretty much eradicated the dream of Martin Luther King. Jonathan Kozol begindifferencedream Change image and share on social
'Death at an Early Age' was about racial segregation in Boston. 'Illiterate America' was about grownups who can't read. 'Rachel and Her Children' was about people who were homeless in the middle of Manhattan. Jonathan Kozol ageamericaboston share on social
Congress has an opportunity to take advantage of the opening created by Justice Kennedy later this year when it reauthorizes the federal No Child Left Behind Act. Jonathan Kozol actadvantagechild Change image and share on social
Childhood ought to have at least a few entitlements that aren't entangled with utilitarian considerations. One of them should be the right to a degree of unencumbered satisfaction in the sheer delight and goodness of existence in itself. Jonathan Kozol childhoodconsiderationdegree share on social
In many of the high schools in the South Bronx, more children will end up in prison than will go to college. Jonathan Kozol bronxchildcollege Change image and share on social
