Essays on Jonathan Kozol

The aim of this essay is to present you with an analysis of Jonathan Kozol’s book titled ‘Letters to a young teacher’ which was first published in 2008, appealing to most people of all those involved in the educational procedure and gathering various positive reviews since it appeared to talk to the heart of the majority of those involved in the educational field one way or another. The analysis of the book will focus on portraying the main ideas of the book and mostly highlighting the way these ideas depicted in the book could be applied to the ...

Article Contrast/Comparison

According to Andrew Delbanco’s article, education is a key aspect for increasing competitive sustainability of any country. Future inventions and product development will be possible if quality education is provided. Delbanco dwells on the challenges facing the American education system and American citizens. The author points out the various functions of education to the society. First, the necessary skills to facilitate daily existence are imparted on us through elementary education. Secondary education takes this notion higher and equips us with moderate skills applicable to particular occupation. However, the current secondary school education is not enough to provide such skills. ...

Introduction

How the central argument of Jonathan Kozol’s: ‘A Tale of Two Schools: How Poor Children Are Lost to the World’ essay and the reasons therein can help guide our thinking about similar issues today. In Jonathan Kozol’s article, the predominant issue being discussed is the vast gaps in the living standards of two groups (Kozol, 142). This is well elaborated using the education system. Whereas all the children have the right to education, the quality of it differs a lot. Those from the rich backgrounds, as argued by Kozol, have the privilege to learn in better equipped ...

In regards to readers’ curiosity concerning Jonathan Kozol’s book Shame of The Nation, the researcher will take this time to discuss about his main theories. The book makes the point how Jonathan Kozol has this notion that apartheid schooling was not doing well at all and in fact was its worst time since 1969. Kozol utilizes this book with the agenda of opening the eyes of his readers to the certainty of what is going on in most of the urban public schools of today. Kozol makes the point that segregation is not caused by any kind of ...

Book Review of “Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools

Kozol, J. (1992). Savage inequalities: children in America's schools. New York City: HarperCollins

Book Review

Over the past decades, educational reforms have emphasized academic excellence as indispensable and essential part of the reform. Even though each time the word equity is mentioned, more often than not with regard to balancing equity and excellence, unfortunately, issues pertaining to educational inequalities have not been addressed in the debate. Fortunately, Jonathan Kozol’s book provides an alternative to this trend and brings equity issues on educational agenda for public attention. However, despite its important message, the book is simplistic and lacks adequate research, which ...

Dangerous Minds (1995) is the account of a white teacher LouAnne Johnson who takes a job teaching a class of low-income black and Hispanic students in an inner city high school, and encounters a variety of social issues such as poverty, racism, drugs, gang violence and segregated schools and neighborhoods. Most of the teachers and the school authorities care nothing about these students and their problems, and are simply passing them along without teaching them anything. Miss Johnson does come to care about them and uses highly unconventional teaching methods as well as showing great concern about their personal lives. Although she had ...