Paper Summary:

The paper examines the book "Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools" by Jonathan Kozol and how it addresses the lack of quality education in America, especially in America's poorest schools, where a good education can make all the difference between a life filled with hope and a life filled with crime and despair. The paper summarizes the six chapters of the book and then discusses the implications of this book for the criminal justice system, legislators and educators.

Outline:
Looking Backward and Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6

From the Paper:

"In "Looking Backward" the author describes his own background and what led him to embark on this research. He was a schoolteacher in Boston in 1964, and he taught in one of the poorest schools (where he was fired) and one of the wealthiest schools (where he was welcomed), and saw the inequities between the two. This eventually led him to the research that produced this book. He traveled around the country and interviewed hundreds of schoolchildren, parents, and educators, in 1988 through the writing of the book in 1991, and he discovered great racial inequities, which form the backbone of this book. An important point is that when he pointed out these inequities, they were largely ignored. Ghetto education, as the author calls it is accepted, and acceptable to most school districts, and little is done to change the situation."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Kozol, Jonathan. Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools. New York: Harper Perennial, 1991.

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