Still Separate Still Unequal

Still Separate , Still
Unequal
By Jonathan Kozol

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•Jonathan Kozol's "Still Separate Still Unequal" he explains how he visits various urban schools. The children voice their opinions and say how they feel forgotten and unimportant. They gave their view on their school and explained how they longed for better things like other children had. Kozol pointed out many problems with education such as unqualified teachers, lack of supplies, and schools on bad conditions. In urban schools most teachers were under paid underqualified and had no relationship with their students. Curriculum was strict and was based on standards, standardized tests were important and fun activities were not part of the curriculum for the

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• and supplies and some schools didn't offer students playgrounds, gyms or libraries. Kozol provides examples of how the wealthy view this situation. The rich do not think money will solve this problem because money will not provide a better education, and yet they spend thousands of dollars on their children’s high end education.
The children of the rich are bought an unfair advantage because they get preliminary education, such as preschools and other programs for even younger toddlers. Minority children do not get this chance and even if those chances where available they would not be able to afford them or qualify for them. At the end Kozol proposes a call to action. He encourages society to take notice of this growing problem and take action towards making a change. Kozol states that we have allowed this discrepancy to go on for too long and that we, as
Americans, have the responsibility to right this enormous wrong.

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