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Jonathan Kozol

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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


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Consider what it is like to go into a new classroom and to see before you suddenly, and in a way you cannot avoid recognizing, the dreadful consequences of a year's wastage of so many lives.


— Jonathan Kozol


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I am opposed to the use of public funds for private education.


— Jonathan Kozol


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I beg people not to accept the seasonal ritual of well-timed charity on Christmas Eve. It's blasphemy.


— Jonathan Kozol


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I believe we need a national amendment which will guarantee every child in America the promise of not just an equal education but a high-quality equal education.


— Jonathan Kozol


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I encourage teachers to speak in their own voices. Don't use the gibberish of the standards writers.


— Jonathan Kozol


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I feel, in the end, as if everything I've done has been a failure.


— Jonathan Kozol


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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


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I think a moment of critical energy has suddenly emerged. But moments like this come and go unless we seize them at their height.


— Jonathan Kozol


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Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.


— Jonathan Kozol


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After being fired from BPS he was offered a job to teach for Newton Public Schools the school district that he had attended as a child and taught there for several years before becoming more deeply involved in social justice work and dedicating more time to writing. com. Jonathan Kozol (born September 5 1936 in Boston Massachusetts) is a non-fiction writer educator and activist best known for his books on public education in the United States.

Jonathan Kozol (born September 5 1936 in Boston Massachusetts) is a non-fiction writer educator and activist best known for his books on public education in the United States. Kozol's contributions include the interpretation of scientific research into the roots of compassion altruism and peaceful human relationships. Kozol also has worked in the field of social psychology.

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