Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools

jonathan kozol

National Book Award-winning author Jonathan Kozol presents his shocking account of the American educational system in this stunning "New York Times" bestseller, which has sold more than 250,000 hardcover copies.

"An impassioned book, laced with anger and indignation, about how our public education system scorns so many of our children." -- New York Times Book Review

Genres educationnonfictionsociologysocial justiceteachingpoliticsracehistoryschoolpoverty

262 pages, Paperback

First published August 1,1991

Literary awards

national book critics circle award,

This edition

Format: 262 pages, Paperback
Published: June 12, 1992 by HarpPeren
ISBN: 9780060974992
ASIN: 0060974990
Language: English

About the author

jonathan kozol

Jonathan Kozol is a non-fiction writer, educator, and activist best known for his work towards reforming American public schools. Upon graduating from Harvard, he received a Rhodes scholarship. After returning to the United States, Kozol became a teacher in the Boston Public Schools, until he was fired for teaching a Langston Hughes poem. Kozol has held two Guggenheim Fellowships, has twice been a fellow of the Rockefeller Foundation, and has also received fellowships from the Field and Ford Foundations. Most recently, Kozol has founded and is running a non-profit called Education Action. The group is dedicated to grassroots organizing of teachers across the country who wish to push back against NCLB and the most recent Supreme Court decision on desegregation, and to help create a single, excellent, unified system of American public schools.