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Jonathan Kozol quotes: My goal is to connect the young teachers to the old, to reignite their sense of struggle. My goal is to connect the young teachers to the old, to reignite their sense of struggle.
Jonathan Kozol quotes: No human being who wants to read and own a book should ever have to go on a bended knee to get it. No human being who wants to read and own a book should ever have to go on a bended knee to get it.
Jonathan Kozol quotes: Equity, after all, does not mean simply equal funding. Equal funding for unequal needs is not equality. Equity, after all, does not mean simply equal funding. Equal funding for unequal needs is not equality.
Jonathan Kozol quotes: Nationally, overwhelmingly non-white schools receive $1,000 less per pupil than overwhelmingly white schools. Nationally, overwhelmingly non-white schools receive $1,000 less per pupil than overwhelmingly white schools.
Jonathan Kozol quotes: A dream does not die on its own. A dream is vanquished by the choices ordinary people make about real things in their own lives ... A dream does not die on its own. A dream is vanquished by the choices ordinary people make about real things in their own lives ...
Jonathan Kozol quotes: The greatest difference between now and 1964, when I began teaching, is that public policy has pretty much eradicated the dream of Martin Luther King. The greatest difference between now and 1964, when I began teaching, is that public policy has pretty much eradicated the dream of Martin Luther King.
Jonathan Kozol quotes: I believe that the wilderness is where God is found. I believe that the wilderness is where God is found.
Jonathan Kozol quotes: People who know but do not act do evil too. I don't know if I would call them evil but they're certainly not thinking about heaven. People who know but do not act do evil too. I don't know if I would call them evil but they're certainly not thinking about heaven.
Jonathan Kozol quotes: False hope is worse than despair. False hope is worse than despair.
Jonathan Kozol quotes: Young children give us glimpses of some things that are eternal. Young children give us glimpses of some things that are eternal.
Jonathan Kozol quotes: Childhood does not exist to serve the national economy. In a healthy nation, it should be the other way around. Childhood does not exist to serve the national economy. In a healthy nation, it should be the other way around.
Jonathan Kozol quotes: Wonderful teachers should never let themselves be drill sergeants for the state. Wonderful teachers should never let themselves be drill sergeants for the state.
Jonathan Kozol quotes: Apartheid does not happen spontaneously, like bad weather conditions. Apartheid does not happen spontaneously, like bad weather conditions.
Jonathan Kozol quotes: When they pray, what do they say to God? When they pray, what do they say to God?
Jonathan Kozol quotes: Racial segregation has come back to public education with a vengeance. Racial segregation has come back to public education with a vengeance.
Jonathan Kozol quotes: I have an enormous sense of having failed in life. I have an enormous sense of having failed in life.
Jonathan Kozol quotes: I think a moment of critical energy has suddenly emerged. But moments like this come and go unless we seize them at their height. I think a moment of critical energy has suddenly emerged. But moments like this come and go unless we seize them at their height.
Jonathan Kozol quotes: You need massive recruitment to tell the poorest of the poor what is possible. You need massive recruitment to tell the poorest of the poor what is possible.
Jonathan Kozol quotes: All of my education at Harvard, then Oxford, then Paris was in literature - even my thesis was on Shakespeare. All of my education at Harvard, then Oxford, then Paris was in literature - even my thesis was on Shakespeare.
Jonathan Kozol quotes: I am opposed to the use of public funds for private education. I am opposed to the use of public funds for private education.
Jonathan Kozol quotes: In public schooling, social policy has been turned back almost one hundred years. In public schooling, social policy has been turned back almost one hundred years.
Jonathan Kozol quotes: In many of the high schools in the South Bronx, more children will end up in prison than will go to college. In many of the high schools in the South Bronx, more children will end up in prison than will go to college.
Jonathan Kozol quotes: Discrimination is alive and soaring. Discrimination is alive and soaring.
Jonathan Kozol quotes: Still, I think it grieves the heart of God when human beings created in His image treat other human beings like filthy rags. Still, I think it grieves the heart of God when human beings created in His image treat other human beings like filthy rags.
Jonathan Kozol quotes: In schools with a history of chaos, the teacher who can keep the classroom calm becomes virtually indispensable. In schools with a history of chaos, the teacher who can keep the classroom calm becomes virtually indispensable.
Jonathan Kozol quotes: The answers I remember longest are the ones that answer questions that I didn't think of asking. The answers I remember longest are the ones that answer questions that I didn't think of asking.
Jonathan Kozol quotes: I encourage teachers to speak in their own voices. Don't use the gibberish of the standards writers. I encourage teachers to speak in their own voices. Don't use the gibberish of the standards writers.
Jonathan Kozol quotes: When I was young, I was religious. When I was young, I was religious.
Jonathan Kozol quotes: Segregation, he concluded, is neither sought nor imposed by healthy ... human beings. Segregation, he concluded, is neither sought nor imposed by healthy ... human beings.
Jonathan Kozol quotes: A culture in which guilt is automatically assumed to be neurotic and unhealthy has devised a remarkably clever way of protecting its self-interest. A culture in which guilt is automatically assumed to be neurotic and unhealthy has devised a remarkably clever way of protecting its self-interest.
Jonathan Kozol quotes: I beg people not to accept the seasonal ritual of well-timed charity on Christmas Eve. It's blasphemy. I beg people not to accept the seasonal ritual of well-timed charity on Christmas Eve. It's blasphemy.
Jonathan Kozol quotes: Children sometimes understand things that most grown-ups do not see. Children sometimes understand things that most grown-ups do not see.
Jonathan Kozol quotes: Separate and unequal didn't work 100 years ago. It will not work today. Separate and unequal didn't work 100 years ago. It will not work today.
Jonathan Kozol quotes: The 'niche' effect of charter schools guarantees a swift and vicious deepening of class and racial separation. The 'niche' effect of charter schools guarantees a swift and vicious deepening of class and racial separation.
Jonathan Kozol quotes: It's sad that some people who have one exciting moment spend the rest of their lives rehashing it. It's sad that some people who have one exciting moment spend the rest of their lives rehashing it.
Jonathan Kozol quotes: It is our nation which is blind, and needs our prayers. It is our nation which is blind, and needs our prayers.
Jonathan Kozol quotes: I feel, in the end, as if everything I've done has been a failure. I feel, in the end, as if everything I've done has been a failure.
Jonathan Kozol quotes: [Of] particular importance is the relationship between education and the political process. [Of] particular importance is the relationship between education and the political process.
Jonathan Kozol quotes: Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win. Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.
Jonathan Kozol quotes: We are now operating a school system in America that's more segregated than at any time since the death of Martin Luther King. We are now operating a school system in America that's more segregated than at any time since the death of Martin Luther King.
Jonathan Kozol quotes: I hope to be remembered for writing books about social justice that also have enough aesthetic value to endure as works of literature. I hope to be remembered for writing books about social justice that also have enough aesthetic value to endure as works of literature.
Jonathan Kozol quotes: The cause of homelessness is lack of housing. The cause of homelessness is lack of housing.
Jonathan Kozol quotes: President Obama still places far too much emphasis on relentless testing with standardized exams. President Obama still places far too much emphasis on relentless testing with standardized exams.
Jonathan Kozol quotes: Charity isn't a good substitute for justice. Charity isn't a good substitute for justice.
Jonathan Kozol quotes: It is a commonplace by now to say that the urban school systems of America contain a higher percentage of Negro children each year. It is a commonplace by now to say that the urban school systems of America contain a higher percentage of Negro children each year.

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