Name: Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools - Jonathan Kozol
Brand: Jonathan Kozol
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National Book Award-winning author Jonathan Kozol presents his shocking account of the American educational system in this stunning New York Times bestseller which has sold more than 85,000 hardcover copies. The book provides readers with an opportunity to get involved with a postcard they can sign and mail to the president at the White House. (Education) nNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - An impassioned book, laced with anger and indignation, about how our public education system scorns so many of our children.--The New York Times Book Review nIn 1988, Jonathan Kozol set off to spend time with children in the American public education system. For two years, he visited schools in neighborhoods across the country, from Illinois to Washington, D.C., and from New York to San Antonio. He spoke with teachers, principals, superintendents, and, most important, children. What he found was devastating. Not only were schools for rich and poor blatantly unequal, the gulf between the two extremes was widening--and it has widened since. The urban schools he visited were overcrowded and understaffed, and lacked the basic elements of learning--including books and, all too often, classrooms for the students. n nIn Savage Inequalities, Kozol delivers a searing examination of the extremes of wealth and poverty and calls into question the reality of equal opportunity in our nation's schools. n nPraise for Savage Inequalities n nI was unprepared for the horror and shame I felt. . . . Savage Inequaliti