But for the children of the poorest people we're stripping the curriculum, removing the arts and music, and drilling the children into useful labor. We're not valuing a child for the time in which she actually is a child. Jonathan Kozol artchildcurriculum share on social
No Child Left Behind's fourth-grade gains aren't learning gains, they're testing gains. That's why they don't last. The law is a distraction from things that really count. Jonathan Kozol childcountdistraction Change image and share on social
Racial segregation has come back to public education with a vengeance. Jonathan Kozol backeducationpublic Change image and share on social
I'd love to go back and teach primary school. I used to teach fourth grade and fifth grade. I'd love to spend several years teaching kindergarten or maybe third grade. Jonathan Kozol backfourthgrade Change image and share on social
The first ten, twelve or fifteen years of life are excavated of inherent moral worth in order to accommodate a regimen of basic training for the adult years that many of the poorest children may not even live to know. Jonathan Kozol accommodateadultbasic share on social
I encourage teachers to speak in their own voices. Don't use the gibberish of the standards writers. Jonathan Kozol encouragegibberishspeak Change image and share on social
During the decades after Brown v. Board of Education there was terrific progress. Tens of thousands of public schools were integrated racially. During that time the gap between black and white achievement narrowed. Jonathan Kozol achievementblackboard share on social
I once made a check of all books in my fourth-grade classroom. Of the slightly more than six hundred books, almost one quarter had been published prior to the bombing of Hiroshima; 60 percent were either ten years old or older. Jonathan Kozol bombbookcheck share on social
Many of those who argue for vouchers say that they simply want to use competition to improve public education. I don't think it works that way, and I've been watching this for a longtime. Jonathan Kozol arguecompetitioneducation Change image and share on social
I think a lot of people don't have any idea of how deeply segregated our schools have become all over again. Most textbooks are not honest in what they teach our high school students. Jonathan Kozol deeplyhighhonest Change image and share on social
