Jonathan Kozol on Segregaton and Education Reform
“High stakes testing in kindergarten.” Sound familiar Seattle?
“The curriculum cops.”
Resegregation of our schools with “Neighborhood Schools”. Those “neighborhood schools” on the south end of town will be targeted by charter schools for two reasons. First, because now those minority, low-income families do not have any choice. Our superintendent did that in one fell swoop with the student reassignment plan. And secondly, because charter schools target minority communities where there is Title 1 money to be had. Hmmm…was that part of the (Broad) Five Year Strategic Plan?
This is a you tube video of Jonathan Kozol on his book “Shame of a Nation”.
Highly recommended. Start about 10 minutes into the video where Kozol begins to speak.
