Kozol, Jonathan

Examination of how the public education system short changes poor children through underfunded, understaffed, and underequipped schools.

Based upon his examination of sixty public schools, the author maintains that the educational status of inner-city schools have worsened since the dismantling of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling.

Describes one year in the life of children in the poorest congressional district in the United States, the South Bronx.

An account of a school teacher's year teaching fourth grade in the Boston Public School System in 1964.

A collection of letters in which Jonathan Kozol shares his experiences in the public school system with Francesca, a first grade teacher at a Boston inner-city school whose classroom Jonathan visited while examining the current state of American education.

Explores the differences between schools for the rich and public schools for the poor and argues for a reform of the public education system so that poor children have the educational opportunities that the rich do.