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Jonathan Kozol Biography

At a time when the racial tensions that divide us have become the focus of urgent and renewed political attention and the glaring inequalities in public education continue to betray the spirit of democracy, Jonathan Kozol’s classic works have drawn him back into the public spotlight once again.

A Rhodes Scholar, former fourth grade teacher, and a passionate advocate for child-centered learning, Kozol remains one of the most widely read and highly honored education writers in the nation.

His first book, "Death at an Early Age," a description of his first year as a teacher, received the National Book Award in Science, Philosophy, and Religion. Among his other major works are "Rachel and Her Children," a study of homeless mothers and their children, which received the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, and "Savage Inequalities," which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1992. His 1995 bestseller, "Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation," received the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in 1996, an honor previously granted to the works of Langston Hughes and Dr. Martin Luther King.

Ten years later, in "The Shame of the Nation," a description of conditions that he found in nearly 60 public schools, Kozol wrote that inner-city children were more isolated racially than at any time since federal courts began dismantling the landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education. "The Shame of the Nation" appeared on The New York Times bestseller list the week that it was published.

Kozol remains one of the nation’s most eloquent and outspoken advocates for equality and racial justice in our nation’s schools. Now, more than ever, as school inequality and racial segregation have mounted to the highest levels we have seen in many decades, he argues that it's time at last to batter down the walls that have locked the children of the Black and brown and very poor into seemingly eternal separation from the mainstream of American society. "We Shall Not Bow Down, Children of Color Under Siege: An Invocation to Resistance," is the culminating work of Kozol’s career, where he directly confronts President Trump’s assault on diversity and independent thinking and the dignity of teachers in the public schools.

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Jonathan Kozol Speaking Topics

  • Healthcare and the Elderly

    (1) Old Age and Medical Ethics: Are Economic Factors Undermining Ethics in Discussions about Determination of the End of Life?

    (2) Alzheimer's: A Best-selling Author Describes His Fascinating Conversations with His Father after the Onset of Dementia -- and His Struggle to Defend His Father's Dignity.

    (3) The Heart-breaking Loss of the Personal Bond Between Doctors and Their Patients in an Age of Rationed Care.

    (4) Who Speaks for the Ill and Elderly? And Who will Provide for our Parents and Grandparents as Young Physicians Turn Their Backs on Geriatric Medicine?

  • Education

    (1) Joy and Justice: The Hearts of Children and the Dignity of Teachers in an Age of Punitive and Relentless Testing.

    (2) The Shame of the Nation: Race, Poverty, and the Corporate Invasion of our Public Schools.

    (3) The Widening Gulf: Can We Reverse the Savage Inequalities of Our Public Schools?

    (4) Child-centered Education: Learning for its Own Good Sake Alone. Is it Still Possible in this Age of Rigidified Instruction?

    (5) Curricular Starvation in Our Urban Schools: How Can We Restore Aesthetics and the Arts and Cultural Capaciousness to Children Starting in the Early Years?

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Jonathan Kozol Videos

Jonathan Kozol - Americans Who Tell the Truth

Jonathan Kozol - Americans Who Tell the Truth

Educator writer activist Jonathan Kozol encourages students to turn their ideals into actions and hopes that his book "The End to Inequality" will...

Jonathan Kozol - Savage Inequalities

Jonathan Kozol - Savage Inequalities

In the passion of the civil rights campaigns of 1964 and 1965, Jonathan Kozol gave up the prospect of a promising career in the academic world, moved...

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We Shall Not Bow Down Children of Color Under Siege: An Invocation to Resistance
We Shall Not Bow Down Children of Color Under Siege: An Invocation to Resistance
The Theft of Memory Losing My Father, One Day at a Time
The Theft of Memory Losing My Father, One Day at a Time
Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America
Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America
Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools
Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools
On Being a Teacher
On Being a Teacher
Letters to a Young Teacher
Letters to a Young Teacher

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Jonathan Kozol is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Healthcare and the Elderly, Education, The Soul of a Profession: Public Education Under Siege, Among Schoolchildren: The Challenges for Teachers in the Age of Tests & Severe Accountability, Letters to a Young Teacher: The Formidable Challenges & Passionate Rewards of Those Who Teach in Public Schools (Advice, Encouragement & Inspiration) and Turning Around Low-Performing Schools: New Strategies, New Visions. The estimated speaking fee range to book Jonathan Kozol for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Jonathan Kozol generally travels from MA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Juan Williams, Rosalind Wiseman, Brad Meltzer, Hill Harper and Linda Darling-Hammond. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Jonathan Kozol for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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