Friday, September 28, 2012

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: A great night with Kozol in Chicago

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: A great night with Kozol in Chicago:


A great night with Kozol in Chicago

Kozol & Lewis  (M.Klonsky pic)

Jonathan Kozol brought the packed house of mostly teachers, to its feet last night when he talked about the inspiring effect the Chicago teachers strike was having on teachers and supporters across the country. Kozol said he first heard news of the strike at a book tour event in Los Angeles. When a teacher in the audience announced that teachers in Chicago had walked out, "the roar of the crowd delayed the program for several minutes."

The author/activist hit on familiar themes at last night's talk including a scathing attack on apartheid education.