Death at an Early Age: The Classic Indictment of Inner-City Education (National Book Award Winner) - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jonathan Kozol, Robert Coles (Preface by)Publish date:1985-10-01Pages:274
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780452262928ISBN-10:452262925UPC:9780452262928Book Category:EducationBook Subcategory:Administration, Evaluation & Assessment, Student Life & Student AffairsSize:7.90 x 5.40 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SCEHP54WG9
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD In 1964, Jonathan Kozol entered the Boston Public School system to teach fourth grade at one of its most overcrowded inner-city schools. Here, he unflinchingly exposes the disturbing "destruction of hearts and minds in the Boston public school." Death at an Early Age is the unsparing, heart-wrenching account of the year he spent there--the most shocking and...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780452262928ISBN-10:452262925UPC:9780452262928Book Category:EducationBook Subcategory:Administration, Evaluation & Assessment, Student Life & Student AffairsSize:7.90 x 5.40 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SCEHP54WG9
Jonathan Kozol is the author of Death at an Early Age, Savage Inequalities, Amazing Grace, and other award-winning books about young children and their public schools. Robert Coles is a professor of psychiatry and medical humanities at the Harvard Medical School and a research psychiatrist for the Harvard University Health Services. His many books include the Pulitzer Prize-winning five-volume...
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