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Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools by Kozol, Jonathan
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller notes
- Binding
- Paperback
- Book Title
- Savage Inequalities
- Weight
- 0 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
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- ISBN
- 9780770435684
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Crown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
0770435688
ISBN-13
9780770435684
eBay Product ID (ePID)
112033148
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Publication Name
Savage Inequalities : Children in America's Schools
Language
English
Subject
Minority Studies, Special Education / Behavioral, Emotional & Social Disabilities, Urban, Children's Studies, Discrimination & Race Relations, Public Policy / Social Policy, Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Sociology / Urban
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, Social Science, Education
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
8 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2012-372263
Reviews
"An impassioned book, laced with anger and indignation, about how our public education system scorns so many of our children." - New York Times Book Review "I was unprepared for the horror and shame I felt... Savage Inequalities is a savage indictment...Everyone should read this important book." -Robert Wilson, USA Today "Kozol has written a book that must be read by anyone interested in education." -Elizabeth Duff, Philadelphia Inquirer "The forces of equity have now been joined by a powerful voice...Kozol has written a searing exposé of the extremes of wealth and poverty in America's school system and the blighting effect on poor children, especially those in cities." -Emily Mitchell, Time "Easily the most passionate, and certain to be the most passionately debated, book about American education in several years...A classic American muckraker with an eloquent prose style, Kozol offers...an old-fashioned brand of moral outrage that will affect every reader whose heart has not yet turned to stone." - Entertainment Weekly "Moving...Shocking...Heartbreaking." -Ruth Sidel, The Nation "It is neither ironic nor paradoxical to call Savage Inequalities a wonderful book--for Kozol makes it clear that there are wonderful teachers and wonderful students in every American school, no matter what ugliness, violence, and horror surround the building."-- Chicago Tribune "The great virtue of Jonathan Kozol's new book about inner-city school sis that it overcomes that 'everybody knows' problem by bringing an undulled capacity for shock and outrage to a tour of bad schools across the country. As soon as Kozol begins leading the way through a procession of overcrowded, underheated, textbookless, barely taught classrooms, the thought he surely intended to engender begins to take form: How can this be?" - Washington Post Book World "Poor children of all colors are increasingly looked upon as surplus baggage, mistakes that should never have happened. Indeed, an older view is returning that any attempts to educate the lower orders are doomed to fail. There can be more than one way to read the title of Jonathan Kozol's depressing--and essential--book." - Andrew Hacker, New York Times Book Review "Mr. Kozol exposes lemons in American educational facilities I the same way Ralph Nader attacked Detroit automobile makers." -Herbert Mitgang, New York Times "This book digs so deeply into the tragedy o the American system of public education that it wrenches the reader's psyche...A must-read for every parent, every educator, and every relevant policymaker." --Alex Haley, author of Roots and The Autobiography of Malcolm X "A powerful appeal to save children by redistributing the wealth. It will cause angry, but perhaps fruitful, debate." -Kirkus Reviews "Startling and compelling...Crucial to any serious debate on the current state of American education." -Publishers Weekly "A superb, heart-wrenching portrait of the resolute injustice which decimates so many of America's urban schools." -David J. Garrow, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Bearing the Cross, "An impassioned book, laced with anger and indignation, about how our public education system scorns so many of our children." New York Times Book Review "I was unprepared for the horror and shame I felt… Savage Inequalities is a savage indictment…Everyone should read this important book." Robert Wilson, USA Today "Kozol has written a book that must be read by anyone interested in education." Elizabeth Duff, Philadelphia Inquirer "The forces of equity have now been joined by a powerful voice…Kozol has written a searing exposé of the extremes of wealth and poverty in America's school system and the blighting effect on poor children, especially those in cities." Emily Mitchell, Time "Easily the most passionate, and certain to be the most passionately debated, book about American education in several years…A classic American muckraker with an eloquent prose style, Kozol offers…an old-fashioned brand of moral outrage that will affect every reader whose heart has not yet turned to stone." Entertainment Weekly "Moving…Shocking…Heartbreaking." Ruth Sidel, The Nation "It is neither ironic nor paradoxical to call Savage Inequalities a wonderful book-for Kozol makes it clear that there are wonderful teachers and wonderful students in every American school, no matter what ugliness, violence, and horror surround the building."- Chicago Tribune "The great virtue of Jonathan Kozol's new book about inner-city school sis that it overcomes that 'everybody knows' problem by bringing an undulled capacity for shock and outrage to a tour of bad schools across the country. As soon as Kozol begins leading the way through a procession of overcrowded, underheated, textbookless, barely taught classrooms, the thought he surely intended to engender begins to take form: How can this be?" Washington Post Book World "Poor children of all colors are increasingly looked upon as surplus baggage, mistakes that should never have happened. Indeed, an older view is returning that any attempts to educate the lower orders are doomed to fail. There can be more than one way to read the title of Jonathan Kozol's depressing-and essential-book." Andrew Hacker, New York Times Book Review "Mr. Kozol exposes lemons in American educational facilities I the same way Ralph Nader attacked Detroit automobile makers." Herbert Mitgang, New York Times "This book digs so deeply into the tragedy o the American system of public education that it wrenches the reader's psyche…A must-read for every parent, every educator, and every relevant policymaker." --Alex Haley, author of Roots and The Autobiography of Malcolm X "A powerful appeal to save children by redistributing the wealth. It will cause angry, but perhaps fruitful, debate." Kirkus Reviews "Startling and compelling…Crucial to any serious debate on the current state of American education." Publishers Weekly "A superb, heart-wrenching portrait of the resolute injustice which decimates so many of America's urban schools." David J. Garrow, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Bearing the Cross
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
370.9173/2
Synopsis
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "An impassioned book, laced with anger and indignation, about how our public education system scorns so many of our children."-- The New York Times Book Review In 1988, Jonathan Kozol set off to spend time with children in the American public education system. For two years, he visited schools in neighborhoods across the country, from Illinois to Washington, D.C., and from New York to San Antonio. He spoke with teachers, principals, superintendents, and, most important, children. What he found was devastating. Not only were schools for rich and poor blatantly unequal, the gulf between the two extremes was widening--and it has widened since. The urban schools he visited were overcrowded and understaffed, and lacked the basic elements of learning--including books and, all too often, classrooms for the students. In Savage Inequalities , Kozol delivers a searing examination of the extremes of wealth and poverty and calls into question the reality of equal opportunity in our nation's schools. Praise for Savage Inequalities "I was unprepared for the horror and shame I felt. . . . Savage Inequalities is a savage indictment. . . . Everyone should read this important book." --Robert Wilson, USA Today "Kozol has written a book that must be read by anyone interested in education." --Elizabeth Duff, Philadelphia Inquirer "The forces of equity have now been joined by a powerful voice. . . . Kozol has written a searing expos of the extremes of wealth and poverty in America's school system and the blighting effect on poor children, especially those in cities." --Emily Mitchell, Time "Easily the most passionate, and certain to be the most passionately debated, book about American education in several years . . . A classic American muckraker with an eloquent prose style, Kozol offers . . . an old-fashioned brand of moral outrage that will affect every reader whose heart has not yet turned to stone." -- Entertainment Weekly, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "An impassioned book, laced with anger and indignation, about how our public education system scorns so many of our children."-- The New York Times Book Review In 1988, Jonathan Kozol set off to spend time with children in the American public education system. For two years, he visited schools in neighborhoods across the country, from Illinois to Washington, D.C., and from New York to San Antonio. He spoke with teachers, principals, superintendents, and, most important, children. What he found was devastating. Not only were schools for rich and poor blatantly unequal, the gulf between the two extremes was widening--and it has widened since. The urban schools he visited were overcrowded and understaffed, and lacked the basic elements of learning--including books and, all too often, classrooms for the students. In Savage Inequalities , Kozol delivers a searing examination of the extremes of wealth and poverty and calls into question the reality of equal opportunity in our nation's schools. Praise for Savage Inequalities "I was unprepared for the horror and shame I felt. . . . Savage Inequalities is a savage indictment. . . . Everyone should read this important book." --Robert Wilson, USA Today "Kozol has written a book that must be read by anyone interested in education." --Elizabeth Duff, Philadelphia Inquirer "The forces of equity have now been joined by a powerful voice. . . . Kozol has written a searing exposé of the extremes of wealth and poverty in America's school system and the blighting effect on poor children, especially those in cities." --Emily Mitchell, Time "Easily the most passionate, and certain to be the most passionately debated, book about American education in several years . . . A classic American muckraker with an eloquent prose style, Kozol offers . . . an old-fashioned brand of moral outrage that will affect every reader whose heart has not yet turned to stone." -- Entertainment Weekly
LC Classification Number
LC4091.K69 2012
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- v***v (2064)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseAlthough this book was not as described, with no picture of it in the listing, the seller communicated well and quickly gave me a full refund while letting me keep it. The minimal packaging left the book a bit vulnerable (typical for ThriftBooks), but it did arrive safely and timely. As usual, it’s hit or miss with this seller, but often times you can get great values, and their customer service is always very good. Many other sellers with millions of transactions don’t even communicate.
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