I beg people not to accept the seasonal ritual of well-timed charity on Christmas Eve. Its blasphemy. – Jonathan Kozol
Many of those who argue for vouchers say that they simply want to use competition to improve public education. I dont think it works that way, and Ive been watching this for a longtime. – Jonathan Kozol
By far the most important factor in the success or failure of any school, far more important than tests or standards or business-model methods of accountability, is simply attracting the best-educated, most exciting young people into urban schools and keeping them there. – Jonathan Kozol
The inequalities are greater now than in 92. Some states have equalized per-pupil spending but they set the equal level very low, so that wealthy districts simply raise extra money privately. – Jonathan Kozol