Kozol on education and equity

August

The third-world conditions in America’s poorest public schools have been chronicled with unflinching honesty by author and educator Jonathan Kozol.

Now Kozol is coming to the area – to give a free public lecture at Mount Saint Mary College at noon Aug. 21.

I read his book Savage Inequalities when I was just starting to cover education – I’ve been haunted by it ever since.

In Newburgh he’s going to talk about the themes of his latest book: Letters to a Young Teacher: The Challenges and Rich Rewards of a Beautiful Profession Ã¢â‚¬â€œ the Service of Children and the Thirst for Justice.

Kozol is a long-time commentator on public education in the United States. He is the author of Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation, and The Shame of A Nation.

The lecture is part of the inaugural Lucy DiPaola Institute for Professional Development for educators Aug. 20-23.

I’m doing a phone interview with him Thursday afternoon and will put up and audio file here as soon I can. (As soon as Diana teaches me how.)

This entry was posted on Tuesday, August 7th, 2007 at 10:14 am by Amy Vernon.
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2 Responses to “Kozol on education and equity”

Anita Prentice August 10th, 2007 at 1:40 pm
Kozol is a great man, educator, writer and advocate. Do you have any details on the lecture, time and place? Thanks
Lanning Taliaferro August 13th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
He’ll speak at noon August 21 in the Aquinas Hall Theatre on the campus.

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