Jonathan Kozol America Quotations

I believe we need a national amendment which will guarantee every child in America the promise of not just an equal education but a high-quality equal education.

I have always felt my role was to do anything I could to enable the powerless to speak. I want America to hear these voices because they are beautiful voices.

We are now operating a school system in America that's more segregated than at any time since the death of Martin Luther King.

The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America

Governor Romney has said nothing about preschool. I think that giving the poorest kids in America wonderful preschool, and three years of it, starting when they are two-and-a-half, is absolutely crucial.

East St. Louis-which the local press refers to as "an inner city without an outer city"-has some of the sickest children in America. Of 66 cities in Illinois, East St. Louis ranks first in fetal death, first in premature birth, and third in infant health.