For two years, beginning in 1988, Jonathan Kozol visited Schools in neighborhoods across the country, from Illinois to Washington D.
C., and from New York to San Antonio.
The urban Schools he visited were overcrowded and understaffed, and lacked.
Not only were Schools for rich and poor blatantly unequal, the gulf between the two extremes was widening--and it has widened since.
What he found was devastating.
He spoke with teachers, principals, superintendents, and, most important, children.
For two years, beginning in 1988, Jonathan Kozol visited Schools in neighborhoods across the country, from Illinois to Washington D.
C., and from New York to San Antonio