2. JONATHAN KOZOL Educator Author Activist By: Christine Charles

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. Critic  Voucher movement  No Child Left Behind  High-stakes testing  Charter Schools www.babble.com

8. 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

9. 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.

10. 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.