Jonathan Kozol

Jonathan Kozol is the National Book Award-winning author of Death
at an Early Age, Savage Inequalities and other books on
children in inner-city schools. He taught fifth grade for two years in Boston’s suburban
interdistrict program, the longest-lasting voluntary integration effort
in the nation. Kozol
is the winner of the 2005 Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship.

EducationJune 6, 2019

When Joe Biden Collaborated With Segregationists

The candidate’s years as an anti-busing crusader cannot be forgotten—or readily forgiven.

Jonathan Kozol
Education ReformDecember 1, 2005

Overcoming Apartheid

Apartheid education is alive in America and rapidly increasing in hyper-segregated inner-city schools. And though it’s now fashionable for policy-makers to declare integration a failure, effective programs across the country still survive–and deserve to thrive.

Jonathan Kozol
CitiesMay 23, 2002

Malign Neglect

Children in New York City’s public schools are being shortchanged–again.

Jonathan Kozol
EducationMay 3, 2000

The Details of Life

This article is adapted from Ordinary Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope (Crown).

Jonathan Kozol
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Jonathan Kozol

EducationJune 6, 2019

The candidate’s years as an anti-busing crusader cannot be forgotten—or readily forgiven.

Education ReformDecember 1, 2005

Apartheid education is alive in America and rapidly increasing in hyper-segregated inner-city schools. And though it’s now fashionable for policy-makers to declare integration a failure, effective programs across the country still survive–and deserve to thrive.

CitiesMay 23, 2002

Children in New York City’s public schools are being shortchanged–again.

EducationMay 3, 2000

This article is adapted from Ordinary Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope (Crown).

The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.