Open Phones with Jonathan Kozol
Jonathan Kozol talked about his book, Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools, and responded to viewer comments and questions. He was interviewed at the 2016 Tucson Festival of…
512 viewsJonathan Kozol talked about his book, Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools, and responded to viewer comments and questions. He was interviewed at the 2016 Tucson Festival of…
512 viewsPanelists talked about education. Panelists included Jonathan Kozol, author of Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools, and Natalia Mehlman-Petrzela, author of Classroom Wars: Lan…
907 viewsJonathan Kozol talked about his book The Theft of Memory, in which he remembers the life of his father, Harry Kozol, a neuropsychiatrist who self-diagnosed his Alzheimer’s disease. In his bo…
1,078 viewsTavis Smiley moderated a discussion focusing on poverty in the United States. Panelists discussed issues including the importance of education, prisons, welfare programs, the size of governm…
12,587 viewsAuthor Jonathan Kozol talked about his book, Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America. He focused on economic and educational barriers to children’s develop…
1,140 viewsAuthor and education activist Jonathan Kozol was interviewed at his home in Byfield, Massachusetts. Mr. Kozol gave a tour of his home and discussed his early career and his writing, research…
700 viewsAuthor and education activist Jonathan Kozol was interviewed at his home in Byfield, Massachusetts. He talked about his early career and writings, giving advice to young writers. This progra…
427 viewsAuthor and education activist Jonathan Kozol talked about his life, his career, and his body of writing. Mr. Kozol talked about how he became involved in the civil rights movement and starte…
2,746 viewsJonathan Kozol talked about his book, Letters to a Young Teacher, published by Crown. In his book educator Kozol describes his lifetime of experience in teaching children to Francesca, a fir…
234 viewsJonathan Kozol talked about his book The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America, published by Crown. He was interviewed by the BookTV Bus at the Jabberwock…
1,110 viewsJonathan Kozol talked about his book The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America, published by Crown. After visiting 60 public schools around the nation, he f…
988 viewsMr. Kozol was interviewed about his book, The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America, published by Crown. He talked about a lack of racial integration in sch…
70 viewsAuthor Jonathan Kozol talked about the education debate underway in the Senate and the George W. Bush administration’s education proposals. He also responded to viewer comments and questions…
28 viewsPanel members talked to students about how the media covers education related issues, and how that coverage affects public opinion, political action, and the making of public policy. Followi…
47 viewsAuthor Johnathon Kozol talked about his book Ordinary Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope, published by Crown Publishers. He based the book on his experiences interacting with chil…
159 viewsPanelists discussed the release of the annual Kids Count report. The report detailed the status of poverty in America and how it affects children and families across the country. Among the i…
112 viewsJonathan Kozol spoke about his book, Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation, about life in the South Bronx. The book outlined the psychological impact of living …
318 viewsAuthor Jonothan Kozol signed copies of his book “Amazing Grace” at the Texas Book Festival in Austin.
35 viewsJournalists, the British Ambassador to the U.S., and former Supreme Court law clerks talked about current news events and political issues. Topics included the Clinton and Dole campaigns, th…
130 viewsThe duBois Institute hosted a conference marking the 100th anniversary of the Plessy v. Ferguson U.S. Supreme Court decision which was argued in April 1896. The case dealt with the constitut…
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