National Book Award-winning author Jonathan Kozol presents his shocking account of the American educational system in this stunning "New York Times" bestseller, which has sold more than 250,000 hardcover copies."An impassioned book, laced with anger and indignation, about how our public education system scorns so many of our children." "--New York Times Book Review"
To the Reader - A Clarification About Dates and Data in This Book
Chapter 1. Life on the Mississippi: East St. Louis, Illinois
Chapter 2. Other People’s Children: North Lawndale and the South Side of Chicago
Chapter 3. The Savage Inequalities of Public Education in New York
Chapter 4. Children of the City Invincible: Camden, New Jersey
Chapter 5. The Equality of Innocence: Washington, D.C.
Chapter 6. The Dream Deferred, Again, in San Antonio
APPENDIX - Comparisons of School Funding in Three Geographical Regions