The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America
- ISBN-10
- 1400052459
- ISBN-13
- 9781400052455
- Category
- Education
- Pages
- 423
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Broadway Books
- Author
- Jonathan Kozol
Description
An analysis of urban education argues that conditions have worsened for inner-city children, looking at how liberal education is being replaced by high-stakes testing procedures, culturally barren and robotic methods of instruction, and harsh discipline.
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