Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Is Our Education System Truly Equal?

Jonathan Kozol published a piece two years back that is especially relevant in light of our recent supreme court decisions to overturn some of the principles that have encouraged diversity in our classrooms. Kozol provides a stark picture of what is happening in our poor, urban schools. You can read the entire text at the following address http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/2005/American-Apartheid-Education1sep05.htm
If equality is the objective, it seems we are far from being highly qualified.

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