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9780060974992

Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools

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    9780060974992

  • ISBN10:

    0060974990

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-07-23
  • Publisher: BROADWAY BOOKS
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Summary

National Book Award-winning author Jonathan Kozol presents his shocking account of the American educational system in this stunning New York Times bestseller, which has sold more than 250,000 hardcover copies.

"A superb, heart-wrenching portrait of the resolute injustice which decimates so many of America's urban schools. " - David Garrow, author of Bearing the Cross

"I was unprepared for the horror and shame I felt .... Savage Inequalities is a savage indictment.... Everyone should read this..." - Robert Wilson

"Moving .... Shocking.... Heartbreaking. " - Unknown

Table of Contents

To the Reader ix
Looking Backward: 1964-1991 1(6)
1. Life on the Mississippi
7(33)
2. Other People's Children
40(43)
3. The Savage Inequalities of Public Education in New York
83(50)
4. Children of the City Invincible
133(42)
5. The Equality of Innocence
175(31)
6. The Dream Deferred, Again, in San Antonio
206(29)
Appendix 235(3)
Notes 238(17)
Acknowledgments 255(2)
Index 257

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