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1	Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools more books like this by Jonathan Kozol A searing, eye-opening expose of the inequality built into America's public education system, written by the National Book Award-winning author of Death at an Early Age and Rachel and Her Children. Kozol blames the disparity among public school systems on the local funding structure that ensures a direct connection between affluence of a community ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £6.60! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation more books like this by Jonathan Kozol A chilling report from Kozol on the status of the "poorest of the poor" children, focusing on New York City's South Bronx. see all copies from £2.17! new only from £6.35! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America more books like this by Jonathan Kozol What is happening to our schools and our kids? In this expose on public education, Jonathan Kozol, with equal parts outrage and humanism, writes that in America, there are two systems of education that are separate and unequal. His choice of the word "apartheid" in his subtitle is not merely rhetorical; students in many schools may never encounter ... see all copies from £6.56! new only from £7.41! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Letters to a Young Teacher more books like this by Jonathan Kozol This exhilarating new work from award-winning author Kozol takes the form of warm and friendly letters to a young classroom teacher, offering advice, encouragement, remembrances, and a lively indignation at the bureaucratic absurdities most teachers face. see all copies from £7.42! new only from £9.19! \| first editions
5	Death at an Early Age more books like this by Jonathan Kozol Based on his experiences teaching in the '60s, Jonathan Kozol's classic text on Boston's public schools heralded a career spent reporting on the lives of the disenfranchised. In Roxbury he found racism and neglect, and his expose won the the 1968 National Book Award. see all copies from £1.57! new only from £8.44! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Ordinary Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope more books like this by Jonathan Kozol This book tells stories about the lives of several inner-city school children growing up in the South Bronx. see all copies from £3.35! new only from £5.65! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Rachel and Her Children: Homeless Families in America more books like this by Jonathan Kozol "Important and compelling . . .cking facts and figures with the affecting, even tragic stories and voices of homeless families . . . read this book".--USA Today. see all copies from £5.65! new only from £6.32! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Illiterate America more books like this by Jonathan Kozol Jonathan Kozol offers remedies for widespread illiteracy in America. see all copies from £5.65! new only from £65.25! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	The Night is Dark and I Am Far from Home more books like this by Jonathan Kozol see all copies from £5.65! new only from £74.14! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Rachel & Her Children Homels F more books like this by Jonathan Kozol A portrait of homelessness through the stories of five families in New York City. see all copies from £5.65! new only from £5.67! \| signed copies \| first editions
11	The Night is Dark and I Am Far from Home: A Political Indictment of the U.S. Schools, 4th Ed. more books like this by Jonathan Kozol, Anne Bernays (Photographer) Kozol, author of Rachel and Her Children: Homeless Families in America, offers an absorbing analysis of the ethical crisis confronting our culture. In this fourth edition, a new introduction and epilogue place the book in the context of contemporary issues and attitudes. see all copies from £5.65! new only from £10.40! \| first editions
12	The Uses of Haiti, Updated Edition more books like this by Paul Farmer (Foreword by), Jonathan Kozol (Foreword by), Professor Noam Chomsky (Introduction by) ""The Uses of Haiti "tells the truth about uncomfortable matters-uncomfortable, that is, for the structures of power and the doctrinal framework that protects them from critical scrutiny. It tells the truth about what has been happening in Haiti, and the U.S. role in its bitter fate."-Noam Chomsky "A classic"-Jonathan Kozol, author, "Death at an ... see all copies from £14.99! new only from £57.68!
13	On Being a Teacher more books like this by Jonathan Kozol "Must reading for all teachers and parents" -- Studs Terkel. A passionate and provocative critique on the role of the public school teacher. see all copies from £5.65! new only from £8.46!
14	Death at an Early Age: The Destruction of the Hearts and Minds of Negro Children in the Boston Public Schools more books like this by Jonathan Kozol Based on his experiences teaching in the '60s, Jonathan Kozol's classic text on Boston's public schools heralded a career spent reporting on the lives of the disenfranchised. In Roxbury he found racism and neglect, and his expose won the the 1968 National Book Award. see all copies from £2.09! first editions
15 view cover	Voices from the Future: Our Children Tell Us about Violence in America more books like this by Childrens Express, Susan Goodwillie (Editor), Jonathan Kozol (Introduction by) Children's Express, a Washington-based news organization run by teenage editors and reporters, turns its Peabody and Emmy Award-winning journalistic skills to the story of violence and American children. 12 photos. see all copies from £3.13! new only from £6.32! \| signed copies \| first editions
16	Free schools. more books like this by Jonathan Kozol see all copies from £5.65! new only from £61.82! \| first editions
17 view cover	Choosing Excellence: Good Enough Schools Are Not Good Enough more books like this by John Merrow, Jonathan Kozol (Foreword by) How do you evaluate a school? Today parents and teachers lean on standardized test scores - along with image, rumor, and reputation - to make vital decisions. However, a single number is inevitably misleading. Author John Merrow, host of PBS's premier documentary series on youth and learning, The Merrow Report, delves into the problem of school ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £5.65! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	The Habits of Highly Deceptive Media: Decoding Spin and Lies in Mainstream News more books like this by Norman Solomon, Jonathan Kozol (Introduction by) Media critic Norman Solomon offers a collection of columns humorously detailing the most recent excesses and failures of America's self-censoring mainstream media. see all copies from £5.65! new only from £7.14! \| first editions
19	Rachel and Her Children (R) more books like this by Jonathan Kozol see all copies from £5.65! first editions
20	Prisoners of Silence: Breaking the Bonds of Adult Illiteracy in the United States more books like this by Jonathan Kozol see all copies from £5.98! new only from £61.82! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	Uncommon Learning: Thoreau on Education more books like this by Henry David Thoreau, Martin Bickman (Editor), Jonathan Kozol (Foreword by) "It is only when we forget our learning that we begin to know", Thoreau wrote. Ideas about education permeate Thoreau's writing. "Uncommon Learning" brings those ideas together in a single volume for the first time. Part of "The Spirit of Thoreau Series". 20-30 drawings by Thoreau. see all copies from £5.84! new only from £5.84!
22 view cover	Amazing Grace more books like this by Jonathan Kozol, Dick Hill (Read by) A chilling report from Kozol on the status of the "poorest of the poor" children, focusing on New York City's South Bronx. see all copies from £9.18! new only from £19.99! \| first editions
23 view cover	Outside the Dream: Child Poverty in America more books like this by Stephen Shames, Jonathan Kozol (Introduction by) see all copies from £6.71! new only from £11.27! \| signed copies
24	Voices from the Future: Children Speak Out about Violence in America more books like this by Susan Goodwillie (Editor), Mary E Mark (Photographer), Jonathan Kozol (Introduction by) Why do children kill their own "friends" over a pair of sneakers? How could twin girls from the Midwest land up as street prostitutes? What does a kid do when his father abuses him and his stepmother turns the other way? Read, and listen. see all copies from £5.65! new only from £54.84!
25	Children of the Revolution: A Yankee Teacher in the Cuban Schools more books like this by Jonathan Kozol see all copies from £5.76! first editions

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