I beg people not to accept the seasonal ritual of well-timed charity on Christmas Eve. It's blasphemy.
From Jonathan Kozol
The fact that a crime might have been committed with impunity in the past may make it seem more familiar and less gruesome, but surely does not give it any greater legitimacy.
I have an enormous sense of having failed in life.
I hope to be remembered for writing books about social justice that also have enough aesthetic value to endure as works of literature.
I don't know if anything I write will endure, but I do try to write it as a narrative that will not only challenge but also entice the reader into the lives of children.
I tell young teachers who are determined to dissent from some of the Draconian aspects of the current orthodoxy that the best form of protection is to be incredibly good at what you do and keep good discipline in class.
In schools with a history of chaos, the teacher who can keep the classroom calm becomes virtually indispensable.
Our political establishment refuses to use the word 'segregated.' They call the schools diverse, which means half black, half Hispanic, and maybe two white kids and three Asians. 'Diverse' has become a synonym for 'segregated.'
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