Jonathan Kozol
Born 5 Sep 1936
From Boston, Massachusetts, United States · Nationality: United States
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.
Books by Jonathan Kozol in order
Books by Jonathan Kozol in the order they were published, from The Fume of Poppies (1958) to Fire in the Ashes (2012).
- 1The Fume of Poppies
The Fume of Poppies1958 - 2The Metaphysical Bravado of Shakespeare's HamletThe Metaphysical Bravado of Shakespeare's Hamlet1958
- 3Death at an Early Age
Death at an Early Age1967 - 4Free Schools
Free Schools1972 - 5The Night Is Dark and I Am Far from Home
The Night Is Dark and I Am Far from Home1975 - 6Children of the Revolution
Children of the Revolution1978 - 7Prisoners of Silence
Prisoners of Silence1980 - 8On Being a Teacher
On Being a Teacher1981 - 9Alternative Schools
Alternative Schools1982 - 10Illiterate America
Illiterate America1985 - 11Rachel and Her Children
Rachel and Her Children1988 - 12Rachel And Her Children Homele
Rachel And Her Children Homele1989 - 13Savage Inequalities
Savage Inequalities1991 - 14Rachael & Her ChildrenRachael & Her Children1994
- 15Amazing Grace
Amazing Grace1995 - 16Ordinary Resurrections
Ordinary Resurrections2000 - 17The Shame of the Nation
The Shame of the Nation2004 - 18Letters to a Young Teacher
Letters to a Young Teacher2007 - 19Fire in the Ashes
Fire in the Ashes2012