In these Chapters Jonathon Kozol describes the effort of some federal court cases attempting to bring desegregation and equality to public schools. He provides examples of several key cases (one including: San Antonio Independent School District vs. Rodriguez) that have been unable to correct the issue. Essentially no matter the efforts to fix the problem, it’s inevitable that the result will be the same. The basic argument presented is that no matter how hard teachers work and students try to learn; schools that don’t have adequate funding can’t provide an adequate education for their students to succeed.
Kozol provides statistics showing the drastic monetary difference between races and poverty from that of a failing school and of a flourishing one. The information presented shows the educational inequalities and why dropouts usually occur in minority schools rather than of a school with white students. He does an excellent job of clearly illustrating the differences of education depending on the social class a student falls under and how the amount of funding affects the overall success of a school.
Kozol provides statistics showing the drastic monetary difference between races and poverty from that of a failing school and of a flourishing one. The information presented shows the educational inequalities and why dropouts usually occur in minority schools rather than of a school with white students. He does an excellent job of clearly illustrating the differences of education depending on the social class a student falls under and how the amount of funding affects the overall success of a school.
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