Nothing is more consuming, or more illogical, than the desire for remembrance.

Ellen Glasgow, 1873 – 1945
Jonathan Kozol biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Jonathan Kozol

Author Name:

Jonathan Kozol

Born As:

Jonathan Kozol

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Born:

05 Sep 1936

Died:





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Non-fiction writer, educator and activist.





                          
Selected Works:

Death at an Early Age: The Destruction of the Hearts and Minds of Negro Children in the Boston Public Schools. First published in 1967, it won the National Book Award and sold more than two million copies. It describes his year of teaching in the Boston Public School System. 

Free Schools - 1972
The Night is Dark and I am Far From Home - 1975
Children of the Revolution - 1980 Describes his visit to Cuba
Prisoners of Silence: Breaking the Bonds of Adult Illiteracy in the United States - 1980
On Being a Teacher - 1981; revised 1994
Alternative Schools: A Guide for Educators and Parents - 1982
Illiterate America - 1986. History of Education website by Daniel Schugurensky discusses the importance of this book.
Rachel and Her Children: Homeless Families in America - 1988 Awarded the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for 1989 and The Conscience in Media Award of the American Society of Journalists and Authors, and the Christopher Award, 1988
Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools - 1991 A finalist for the 1992 National Book Critics Circle Award and awarded The New England Book Award
Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation - 1995. Review and appreciation by Mary Leue.
Ordinary Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope - 2000. Review by Jana Siciliano at BookReporter.com.
The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America - 2005
Letters to a Young Teacher - 2007

Co-Authored works:

Choosing Excellence: "Good Enough" Schools Are Not Good Enough - 2001 With John Merrow.                          
                          
Kozol has founded and is running a non-profit called Education Action. The group is dedicated to grassroots organizing of teachers across the country who wish to push back against NCLB and the most recent Supreme Court decision on desegregation, and to help create a single, excellent, unified system of American public schools.