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5 unusual facts about Jonathan Kozol


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Desegregation

According to Jonathan Kozol, in the early 21st century U.S. schools have again become as segregated as in the late 1960s.

Education Action

Education Action!, a nonprofit organization founded by Jonathan Kozol, was intended to be a US national support structure aiming to help stem the flight of teachers from underfunded and racially segregated schools.

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It was published in 1967 and won the National Book Award in Science, Philosophy and Religion.

Literacy in the United States

Jonathan Kozol, in his book Illiterate America, suggests that the very high figures of literacy may be due to poor methodology.


Youth activism

In recent years, educators such as the Paulo Freire, Henry Giroux, Howard Zinn, Alfie Kohn, and Jonathan Kozol have all called for young people to become central actors in the guidance of schools and communities.


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