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Jonathan Kozol

Jonathan Kozol. Katie Gordon and Scarlett College. “If there are Amazing Graces on this weary earth, I believe that they are these good children sent to us by God and not yet soiled by the knowledge that the nation does not love them.”. Kozol’s Background….

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Jonathan Kozol

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  1. Jonathan Kozol Katie Gordon and Scarlett College “If there are Amazing Graces on this weary earth, I believe that they are these good children sent to us by God and not yet soiled by the knowledge that the nation does not love them.”

  2. Kozol’s Background… Kozol graduated from Harvard University as a Rhodes Scholar and went to work as a substitute teacher, and later a full teacher, during the integration of Massachusetts inner-city schools shortly after. As a leader of the Civil Rights movement in Boston, Kozol lived and taught in African American communities in Boston, Chicago, New York, and Massachusetts for many years before he began writing.

  3. What Kozol fights against… Private and charter schools The slide back of public schools into segregation Inequalities in funding between districts Overcrowded classrooms Aspects of NCLB

  4. Kozol vs. NCLB… States currently provide 50% of school funding when Kozol believes it should be increased to 80%, with education taxes collected and distributed equally to the schools systems. Reduce the reliance on high stakes, non-diagnostic tests that Kozol feels “are useless to the teacher and the child.” Regulations force teachers to teach to the test, covering an objective instead of gaining quality learning through creative education.

  5. Segregation and Funding Inequalities…. Kozol believes that the aesthetics of the building effect the students behavior.

  6. Kozol’s Resources… Kozol gets most of the statistical evidence he presents straight from the school systems he looks at and the government reports and laws that are publicly assessable. He also relies on the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University. Also on other works by his colleagues.

  7. Opposition and Supporters… Supporters agree that segregation in the schools, funding inequalities, and over-testing are serious problems that are present today. These issues should be vigorously addressed and corrected. Opposition believes that Kozol and his supporters are overreacting to problems that should not be the main concern of education today. But that we should be focused on competitiveness in a global economy and preparing students for future occupations.

  8. Kozol’s Works… “Shame of a Nation” “Illiterate America” “Prisoner’s of Silence” “Amazing Grace” “Savage Inequalities” “Death at an Early Age” “Ordinary Resurrections” “Letters to a Young Teacher”

  9. Bibliography… Klein, A. (2007). Author to continue protest over NCLB. Education Week, 27, 23. Retrieved October 19, 2008, from http://find.galegroup.com/itx/start.do?prodID=AONE Kozol, J. (2006, November 8). The shame of the nation: the restoration of apartheid schooling in America. Lecture. Retrieved October 19, 2008. Merina, A. (2000). Jonathan Kozol kids who beat the odds. NEA Today, 18, 19. Retrieved October 19, 2008, from http://find.galegroup.com/itx/start.do?prodID=AONE

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