Savage Inequalities
by Jonathan Kozol · first published 1991
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Includes case studies of public schools in six cities.
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…with the fact that there was not forced integration there in the 60's. Look at a city like Chicago or New York where some of the largest population areas are almost entirely black. Check out Kozol's book Savage Inequalities, it's pretty shocking if you didn't grow up in a large northern city. If you did, then well, you know all about what I'm talking about. There's a lot of elitism from the Northern states still about how…
on “Obama's Secret Weapon In The South is 129 Million Years Old” ↗…scrutiny because of their close connections with law enforcement and government. [0] For a heartbreaking account of the devastating long term effects of this, I highly recommend Jonathan Kozol's 1991 book, "Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools"
…on public education. Google Scholar is a good place to start: http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=unequal+funding+educatio... A good "primer" book, although a bit old, but not outdated, is called "Savage Inequalities" http://www.amazon.com/Savage-Inequalities-Children-Americas-... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savage_Inequalities Another book is "The Shame Of A Nation" by the same author. These are just starting…
on “Is It Sunday Already? Seems Like Only Yesterday It Was Saturday” ↗…both present day and from the early 1900's. Correlate the crime rate with income, then try correlating with race. Look at South Korea in the 1950's. Take the problems that John Kozol writes about in Savage Inequalities, compare to the South Korean schools of that period, and you'll see the South Koreans had it much worse. Yet the crime rate was low, and the dire school situation did not prevent their economic growth.…
on “The Data of Hate” ↗…against. Readings (in order of use): Reese, W.J. (2007). Public schools and the common good. In History, education, and the schools (pp. 141-158). New York, NY: Palgrave MacMillan. Kozol, J. (1992). Savage inequalities: Children in America’s schools. New York, NY: Harper Perennial. Chapter 3: The Savage Inequalities of Public Education in New York (pp. 83-132). Ogbu, J. (1987). Variability in minority school performance:…
on “Stay focused - New research on how to close the achievement gap” ↗This is admittedly 27 years old, but at the time Savage Inequalities was written, the range was anywhere from $3k-15k/student: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savage_Inequalities. I don't remember much of the book, but I remember the description of East St. Louis: raw sewage…
on “Japan's Hometown Tax” ↗