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  • Savage Inequalities

  • Children in America's Schools
  • Written by: Jonathan Kozol
  • Narrated by: Mark Winston
  • Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins

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Savage Inequalities

Written by: Jonathan Kozol
Narrated by: Mark Winston
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Publisher's Summary

Jonathan Kozol traveled from the most blighted neighborhoods of Chicago to the urban wreckage of Camden, New Jersey; from the ghetto suburbs of Detroit to inner-city San Antonio; East St. Louis, and Washington, D.C. Everywhere, he discovered separate systems of public schools, with the children of America's poor condemned to schools that are underfunded, understaffed, physically crumbling, and imbued with despair.

The richest Americans congratulate themselves on the large sums they invest in their children's schools, while the poor actually devote proportionally larger shares of their incomes to education. Savage Inequalities carries a sense of urgency and immediacy, and will certainly revive debate on the most vital, fundamental, and controversial issue facing America today!

©2010 Jonathan Kozol (P)2010 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

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"This important, eye-opening report is a ringing indictment of the shameful neglect that has fostered a ghetto school system in America." ( Publishers Weekly)
"Shocked by the persistent segregation and bias in poorer neighborhoods, Kozol describes the garrison-like campuses located in high-crime areas, which often lack the most basic needs. Rooms with no heat, few supplies or texts, labs with no equipment or running water, sewer backups, fumes, and overwhelming fiscal shortages combine to create an appalling scene. This is raw stuff." ( Library Journal)

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