I have an enormous sense of having failed in life. Jonathan Kozol enormousfaillife Change image and share on social
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
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
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
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
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
I beg people not to accept the seasonal ritual of well-timed charity on Christmas Eve. It's blasphemy. Jonathan Kozol acceptbegblasphemy 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
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
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
