Top 92 Quotes by Jonathan Kozol

About Jonathan Kozol

These are some quotes by American author Jonathan Kozol Writer, who was born on September 5, 1936.

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.

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

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

In many of the high schools in the South Bronx, more children will end up in prison than will go to college.

In many of the high schools in the South Bronx, more children will end up in prison than will go to college.

Jonathan Kozol

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.

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

An awful lot of people come to college with this strange idea that there's no longer segregation in America's schools, that our schools are basically equal; neither of these things is true.

An awful lot of people come to college with this strange idea that there's no longer segregation in America's schools, that our schools are basically equal; neither of these things is true.

Jonathan Kozol

Instead of seeing these children for the blessings that they are, we are measuring them only by the standard of whether they will be future deficits or assets for our nation's competitive needs.

Instead of seeing these children for the blessings that they are, we are measuring them only by the standard of whether they will be future deficits or assets for our nation's competitive needs.

Jonathan Kozol

We know that segregation is evil. We know that the sickest children should not go to the worst hospitals.

We know that segregation is evil. We know that the sickest children should not go to the worst hospitals.

Jonathan Kozol

I hope to be remembered for writing books about social justice that also have enough aesthetic value to endure as works of literature.

I hope to be remembered for writing books about social justice that also have enough aesthetic value to endure as works of literature.

Jonathan Kozol

In schools with a history of chaos, the teacher who can keep the classroom calm becomes virtually indispensable.

In schools with a history of chaos, the teacher who can keep the classroom calm becomes virtually indispensable.

Jonathan Kozol

'Amazing Grace' is not a book of interviews or onetime snapshots. It's a memoir of a journey that took me into a place I had never been and took over two years of my life. I don't think the people in this book would have said the things to me that they did if they perceived me as a reporter.

Jonathan Kozol

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