Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation
By Jonathan Kozol. Examines life and death in the South Bronx—the poorest urban neighborhood of the United States: overcrowded schools, dysfunctional hospitals,... Read More
Dark Money and the Politics of School Privatization
By Maurice T. Cunningham. Goes behind the scenes of school privatization campaigns to expose the complex networks of funding that sustain these... Read More
Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America
By Jonathan Kozol. About a group of inner-city children the author has known for many years and follows their journeys and unexpected... Read More
Inequality in America: What Role for Human Capital Policies?
By James Heckman, Alan Krueger & Benjamin Friedman. Examines the ways in which human capital policies have addressed the surge of inequality... Read More
Poverty and Schooling in the U.S.: Contexts and Consequences (Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education)
By Sue Books. A plea for educators to undertake the intellectual and emotional work of learning more about the social causes, as... Read More
Restoring Opportunity: The Crisis of Inequality and the Challenge for American Education
By Greg J. Duncan & Richard J. Murnane. Provides detailed portraits of proven initiatives that are transforming the lives of low-income children... Read More
Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools
By Jonathan Kozol. Examines the extremes of wealth and poverty and calls into question the reality of equal opportunity in America’s schools.... Read More
So Much Reform, So Little Change: The Persistence of Failure in Urban Schools
By Charles Payne. Explores the persistence of failure in today s urban schools. At its heart is the argument that most education... Read More
The Death of Public School: How Conservatives Won the War Over Education in America
By Cara Fitzpatrick. Shows how conservatives have pushed for a revolution in public education—one that threatens the existence of the traditional public... Read More
The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America
By Jonathan Kozol. Pays tribute to those undefeated educators who persist against the odds, but directly challenges the chilling practices now being... Read More
The State Must Provide: Why America’s Colleges Have Always Been Unequal — And How to Set Them Right
By Adam Harris. Argues that the higher education system in this country has systematically excluded Black people from its benefits. Weaves through... Read More