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JONATHAN KOZOL Educator Author Activist By: Christine Charles
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Biographical Information Born September 5, 1936 in Boston, MA Middle-class suburban family Harvard University graduate of 1958 in English Literature Awarded Rhodes Scholarship Studied in Oxford Influenced by Civil Rights Movement
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Teaching & Geographical Data Freedom Schools 4 th grade - Boston Public School Fired for teaching non-curriculum poetry 5 th grade - Newton Public School South Bronx, NY – research on social justice and inequality www.albany.edu
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Author Death at an Early Age Rachel and Her Children Savage Inequalities Amazing Grace The Shame of the Nation Letters to a Young Teacher Kellylowenstein.wordpress.com
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Advocate Integrated public school Early childhood Education Social psychology research Education Action – non-profit organization Public speaker – urban education Redistribution of wealth students.law.umich.edu
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Critic Voucher movement No Child Left Behind High-stakes testing Charter Schools www.babble.com
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Philosophy Social Learning Perspectives Sociolinguistic Theory – oral language lack of English language low-quality oral language less vocabulary lack of high-level questioning Socio-Cultural Theory – cultural interactions lack of experiences www.albany.edu
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Impact Reflect on your own background, opportunities and exposure to literacy. What kind of person would I be without the knowledge that I have acquired through oral language, reading, and culture? Social learning and status have played a significant role in your language and reading ability.
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Resources Jonathan Kozol. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retreived from http://www.wikipedia.com.http://www.wikipedia.com Kozol, Jonathan. (9/1/2005). Still Separate, Still Unequal: America’s Educational Apartheid. Harpers Magazine. V. 311, n. 1864. Stebbins, Leslie. (1999). Teacher Hero: Jonathan Kozol. Brandeis University. Boston, MA. Tracey, D. & Morrow, L. (2006).Lenses On Reading: An Introduction to Theories and Models. Pp.100- 124.Guilford Press, NY.
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