JONATHAN KOZOL

Educator Author

Activist

By: Christine Charles

Biographical Information

Born September 5, 1936 in Boston, MA

Middle-class suburban family Harvard University graduate of 1958

in English Literature Awarded Rhodes Scholarship Studied in Oxford Influenced by Civil Rights Movement

Teaching & Geographical Data

Freedom Schools 4th grade - Boston Public School

Fired for teaching non-curriculum poetry 5th grade - Newton Public School South Bronx, NY – research on social justice and inequality

www.albany.edu

Author Death at an Early Age Rachel and Her Children Savage Inequalities Amazing Grace The Shame of the Nation Letters to a Young

Teacher Kellylowenstein.wordpress.co

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Advocate

Integrated public school Early childhood Education Social psychology research Education Action – non-profit

organization Public speaker – urban education Redistribution of wealth

students.law.umich.edu

Critic Voucher movement No Child Left Behind High-stakes testing Charter Schools

www.babble.com

Philosophy Social Learning Perspectives

Sociolinguistic Theory – oral languagelack of English language low-quality oral language less vocabulary lack of high-level questioning

Socio-Cultural Theory – cultural interactionslack of experiences

www.albany.edu

Impact Reflect on your own background,

opportunities and exposure to literacy.

What kind of person would I be without the knowledge that I have acquired through

oral language, reading, and culture?

Social learning and status have played a significant role in your language and

reading ability.

Resources Jonathan Kozol. Wikipedia, The Free

Encyclopedia. Retreived from http://www.wikipedia.com.

Kozol, Jonathan. (9/1/2005). Still Separate, Still Unequal: America’s Educational Apartheid. Harpers Magazine. V. 311, n. 1864.

Stebbins, Leslie. (1999). Teacher Hero: Jonathan Kozol. Brandeis University. Boston, MA.

Tracey, D. & Morrow, L. (2006).Lenses On Reading: An Introduction to Theories and Models. Pp.100-124.Guilford Press, NY.