Summary Of Still Separate, Still Unequal
"Still Separate, Still Unequal: America's Educational Apartheid" written by Jonathan Kozol. This text was mainly written to inform the reader about what is still going on in the world. He allows the reader to gain knowledge of the problem at hand. He supports his theory with facts, one on one interviews, and percentages. In the text, the author shows that he wants change. As the reader reads they will see that the author talks about people not wanting to face reality. Also teens speaking out on how they feel about their situation and how the education value from one race to another is extremely different. In the text the author lets the reader know that most people are not open to talk about segregation and some just do not want to. "There
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"There are expensive children and there are cheap children" writes Marina Warner (Kozol 354). The private preschools in New York which are referred to as the "Baby Ivies" cost as much as twenty-four thousand dollars for a full day program. Getting into the pre-K schools can get complicated therefore some parents equip themselves with a private counselor for three hundred dollars to guide the parents through the application process. On the other side of New York many of the other kids get denied. "Exactly how many thousands are denied this opportunity in New York City and in other major cities is almost impossible to know. Urban neighborhood children are not given the same opportunity to learn their small and large mobile skills before going on to a higher grade level. More commonly the kids have minimal social skills that children need in order to participate in class activities (Kozol 355). Three years later these children and introduced to an "high-stakes tests". The children who have attended the "Baby Ivies" program since the age of two, have now received six or seven years of education which is twice as many children who have been denied these opportunities. The author informs the reader that these children are still required to test for the
"There are expensive children and there are cheap children" writes Marina Warner (Kozol 354). The private preschools in New York which are referred to as the "Baby Ivies" cost as much as twenty-four thousand dollars for a full day program. Getting into the pre-K schools can get complicated therefore some parents equip themselves with a private counselor for three hundred dollars to guide the parents through the application process. On the other side of New York many of the other kids get denied. "Exactly how many thousands are denied this opportunity in New York City and in other major cities is almost impossible to know. Urban neighborhood children are not given the same opportunity to learn their small and large mobile skills before going on to a higher grade level. More commonly the kids have minimal social skills that children need in order to participate in class activities (Kozol 355). Three years later these children and introduced to an "high-stakes tests". The children who have attended the "Baby Ivies" program since the age of two, have now received six or seven years of education which is twice as many children who have been denied these opportunities. The author informs the reader that these children are still required to test for the