Jonathan Kozol - Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools

Pros: well written, eye opening look at public schools
Cons: nothing

This book is an eye opening look at the public school system throughout the United States. It takes a look at the schools in 6 cities such as St. Louis, Washington D.C., and Chicago. I was shocked to read about the conditions in some of these schools and...

Pros: Kozol's book does a good job highlighting some of the problems urban schoolchildren face.
Cons: Unfortunately, the book nearly exclusively posits that money is the only problem to educational underperformance.

There is no doubt that Jonathan Kozol is an erudite and eloquent writer. A graduate of Harvard and a Rhodes Scholar, Kozol brings a lot of hefty credentials and a distinguished resume to the topic of public education in 'Savage Inequalities'. If nothing ...

Pros: tells it like it is
Cons: none

The book is about the money spent on public school education for the very rich and very poor. How children in poverty have much less spent on them per student than wealthier school districts. It discusses in shocking detail how some children play in...