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    A Tale of Two Jonathans When I was a young child‚ my elementary school years were packed with fun times‚ learning‚ and promise. I was always discovering exciting new things‚ meeting interesting new friends‚ and enjoying being a generally happy child. My school‚ Beryl Heights Elementary‚ an accredited school‚ met or exceeded all of the standards set forth by those in power‚ and as an institute of learning‚ would teach me the skills needed to become a productive citizen. While the aforementioned

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    Jonathan Kozol Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools Jonathan Kozol‚ Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools is an intense expose of unjust conditions in educating America’s children. Today’s society of living conditions‚ poverty‚ income‚ desegregation and political issues have forced inadequate education to many children across the country. Kozol discusses major reasons for discrepancies in schools: disparities of property taxes‚ racism and the conflict between state

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    Death at an Early Age: The Review Brandon Kennedy I am reviewing Jonathan Kozol’s auto-biography‚ Death at an Early Age. This piece of literature provides the reader with an in-depth‚ personable account of schools of the 1960’s and the corruption that had flourished. Throughout this piece Kozol told of grim stories about public schools throughout Boston‚ Massachusetts; many of which would be incredibly disturbing. I believe Kozol’s thesis was the following: although legal segregation had been

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    is more difficult for the student to get help and get more of individual interaction with the teacher. Jonathan Kozol‚ who is an educator‚ compared schools from poor and upper class neighborhoods‚ in which he discovered there was a huge difference between the schools. The schools that are in poverty neighborhood had less resources to help students for their future. For example‚ according to Kozol‚ “the science labs…are 30 to 50 years outdated…The six lab stations in the room have empty holes where

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    In the article Still Separate‚ Still Unequal by Jonathan Kozol‚ the segregation is explained and examples are given to demonstrate that the segregation is relapsing all around our country. Kozol argues that segregation is still a big issue in our education system‚ and limits for accomplishment are being set by school districts‚ which is making the achievement gap between white and black students. A greater part of schools in urban schools have predominantly black and Hispanic populations. Kozol’s

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    Jonathan Kozol‚ in his essay Still Separate‚ Still Unequal‚ is proposing that many Americans that live far from major cities are under the impression that racial isolation in urban public schools has steadily diminished in more recent years. But truth be told‚ according to Kozol thousands of schools around the country that had been integrated either voluntarily or by forced o to f law have since been rapidly resegregating. According to statistics‚ Kozol found that between 85 to 95 percent of students

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    Jonathan Kozol‚ is an award–winning writer‚ public lecturer‚ educator‚ and activist; he is best known for his books on public education in the United States. Kozol wrote an article from “Still Separate‚ Still Unequal: America’s Educational Apartheid” and illustrates a stern reality of the unequal attention given to urban and suburban schools. The legendary Supreme Court case Brown v Board of Education ended segregation in public schools in America because the Court determined that separate but equal

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    Read Savage Inequalities by Jonathan Kozol. Kozol examines the inequities in school financing between Urban and suburban schools‚ Chapter 3 (2 points) In 1964‚ the author‚ Jonathan Kozol‚ is a young man who works as a teacher. Like many others at the time‚ the grade school where he teaches is segregated (teaching only non-white students)‚ understaffed‚ and in poor physical condition. Kozol loses his first job as a teacher because he introduces

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    Response to Savage Inequalities by Jonathan Kozol In Savage Inequalities‚ Jonathan Kozol describes the conditions of several of America’s public schools. Kozol visited schools in neighborhoods and found that there was a wide disparity in the conditions between the schools in the poorest inner-city communities and schools in the wealthier suburban communities. How can there be such huge differences within the public school system of a country‚ which claims to provide equal opportunity for all

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    In his book‚ Ordinary Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope‚ Jonathan Kozol pulls back the veil and provides readers with a glimpse of the harsh conditions and unrelenting hope that exists in a community located in the South Bronx called Mott Haven. Mr. Kozol provides his own socially conscious and very informative view of the issues facing the children and educators in this poverty ravaged neighborhood. Just his commentary would paint a very bleak picture of the future. It is the words

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