The Shame of the Nation
The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America
by Jonathon Kozol
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Other books by the author
• Alternative schools : a guide for educators and parents. New York: Continuum, 1982.
Call no. 371.04 K849aL
• Amazing Grace: The lives of children and the conscience of a nation. New York: Crown, 1995.
Call no. 362.7 K849am
• Death at an early age: the destruction of the hearts and minds of negro children in the Boston Public Schools. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1967.
Call no. 370.1934 K849de
• Illiterate America. New York: New American Library, 1985.
Call no. 370.973 K849iL2
• Letters to a young teacher. New York: Crown Publishers, 2007.
Call no. 371.1 K849Le
• Ordinary resurrections: children in the years of hope. New York: Crown Publishers, 2000.
Call no. 305.23 K849Le
• Rachel and her children: homeless families in America. New York: Crown Publishers, 1988.
Call no. 362.5 K849ra
• Savage inequalities: children in America’s schools. New York: Harper/Perennial. 1992.
Call no. 371.967 K849sa2
• Abernathy, Scott Franklin. No child left behind and the public schools. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2007.
Call no. 379.158 Ab37no
• Belfield, Clive and Henry M. Levin. The price we pay: economic and social consequences of inadequate education. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2007.
Call no. 338.4737 P931be
• Boger, John C. and Gary Orfield. School resegregation: Must the South Turn Back? Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2005.
Call no. 379.263 Sch65bo
• Bracey, Gerald W. A short guide to standardized testing. Bloomington, Ind.: Phi Delta kappa Educational Foundation, 2000.
Call no. 371.262 B722sh
• CIA - The World Factbook. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 2007.
Call no. REF. 910.5 W893, v. 2007 / Also available online.
• Checchi, Daniele. The economics of education: human capital, family background and inequality. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Call no. 370.9 C411ec
• Chubb, John E. Within our reach: how American can educate every child. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2005.
Call no. 379.73 W777ch
• Epstein, Noel. Who's in charge here?: the tangled web of school governance and policy. Denver: Education Commission of the States; Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2004.
Call no. 379.15 W62ep / Also available as an e-book.
• Federal education funding: present realities and future needs. Washington, D.C.: Education Association, Government Relations, 1989.
Call no. 379.121 F317na
• Fiske, Edward B. When schools compete: a cautionary tale. Washington, D.C. Brookings Institution Press, 2000.
Call no. 379.23 F545wh
• Fuhrman, Susan. The public school. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
Call no. 371.01 P96fu
• Gamoran, Adam. Standards-based reform and the poverty gap: lessons from no child left behind. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2007.
Call no. 379.158 St24ga
• Giroux, Henry A. Corporate culture and the attack on higher education and public schooling. Bloomington, Ind.: Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation, 1999.
Call no. 379.3 G445co
• Greene, Jay P. Education Myths: What Special Interest Groups Want You to Believe About Our Schools--and Why Isn't So, Lanham, MD. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2005.
Call no. 379.73 G833ed
• Hopkins, Barbara J. Building the school-to-work system. Bloomington, Ind.: Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation.
Call no. 370.113 H774bu
• Howell, William G. The education gap: vouchers and urban schools. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2006.
Call no. 379.111 H839ed / Also available as an e-book.
• Johnson, Lauri et al. (eds.). Urban education with an attitude. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2005.
Call no. 370.91732 Ur1jo
• Kahlenberg, Richard D. Public school choice vs. private school vouchers. New York: Century Foundation Press, 2003.
Call no. 379.111 P96ka
• Kohn, Alfie. What does it mean to be well educated?And more essays on standards, grading, and other follies. Boston, Mass.: Beacon Press, 2004.
Call no. 370.1 K827wh
• Kugler, Eileen Gale. Debunking the middle-class myth: why diverse schools are good for all our kids. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2002.
Call no. 370.117 K954de
• Minow, Martha. Just schools: pursing equality in societies of difference. New York, N.Y.: Russell Sage Foundation, 2008.
Call no. 379.26 J982mi
• Moe, Terry M. Schools, vouchers, and the American public. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2001.
Call no. 379.23 M722sch
• National Working Commission on Choice in K-12 Education. School choice: doing it the right way makes a difference: a report from the National Commission on Choice in K-12. Washington, D.C.: Brown Center on Education Policy, the Brookings Institution, 2003.
Call no. 379.111 Sch65na / Also available online (PDF format).
• Noddings, Nel. When school reform goes wrong. New York: Teachers College Press, 2007.
Call no. 370.973 N673wh
• Orfield, Gary. Dismantling desegregation: the quiet reversal of Brown v. Board of Education. New York: New Press: Distributed by W.W. Norton & Company, 1996.
Call no. 370.19342 Or14di
• Orstein, Allan C. Class counts: education, inequality, and the shrinking middle class. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, 2007.
Call no. 305.5 Or6cL
• Peterson, Paul E. Generational change: closing the test score gap. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, 2006.
Call no. 379.26 G286pe
• Poetter, Thomas S. No child left behind and the illusion of reform. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, 2006.
Call no. 379.158 N659po
• Segall, William E. School reform in a global society. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, 2006.
Call no. 370.973 Se37sch
• Thompson, Gail. Up where we belong: helping African American and Latino students rise in school and in life. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2007.
Call no. 371.829 T373up
• West, Martin R., and Paul E. Peterson. School money trials: the legal pursuit of educational adequacy. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2007.
Call no. 344.73076 Sch65we
• Woessmann, Ludger. Schools and the equal opportunity problem. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2007.
Call no. 379.26 Sch65wo / Also available as an e-book.
• Wolf, Patrick. Educating citizens: international perspectives on civic values and school choice. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2004.
Call no. 379.111 Ed83wo / Also available as an e-book.
• Epstein, Noel (ed.). Who's in charge here? The tangled web of school government policy. Denver: Education Commission of the States; Washington, D.C. Brookings Institution Press, 2004.
• Hochschild, Jennifer L. The American dream and the public schools. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.
• Howell, William G. The education gap: vouchers and urban schools. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2006.
• McNeil, Linda M. Contradictions of school reform: educational costs of standardized testing. New York: Routledge, 2000.
• Noguera, Pedro. City schools and the American dream: reclaiming the promise of public education. New York: Teachers College Press, 2003.
• Popham, W. James. The truth about testing: an educator's call to action. Alexandria, Va.: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2001.
• Woessmann, Ludger. Schools and the equal opportunity problem. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2007.
• Wolf, Patrick J. Educating citizens: international perspectives on civic values and school choice. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2004.
• Yinger, John. Helping children left behind: state aid and the pursuit of educational equity. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2004.
NOTE: links for these documents are best viewed with the Internet Explorer browser.
• Committee on Education and the Workforce. Transforming the Federal role in education for the 21st Century. Hearing on H.R. 1, H.R. 340, and H.R. 345: hearing before the Committee on Education and the Workforce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, first session, hearing held in Washington, DC, March 29, 2001. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 2002.
Call no. Belk Federal Documents Y 4.ED 8/1:107-10 (microfiche)
Online access at http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS19187
• Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act. Hearing before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, on examining the implementation of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, focusing on accountability for results, parent and student choice, flexibility for states, school districts, and schools, and progress to date, April 23, 2002. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 2002.
Call no. Belk Federal Documents Y 4.L 11/4:S.HRG.107-423 (microfiche)
Online access at http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS24567
• Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Successful implementation of Title I: state and local perspectives. Hearing before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, on examining state and community perspectives of the implementation of Title I of H.R. 1, to close the achievement gap with accountability, flexibility, and choice, so that no child is left behind, September 10, 2002. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 2003.
Call no. Belk Federal Documents Y 4.L 11/4:S.HRG.107-675 (microfiche)
Online access at http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS30704
• Federal funding for the No Child Left Behind Act : hearing before a subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, special hearing, March 14, 2007, Washington, DC.Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 2008.
Call no. Belk Federal Documents Y 4.AP 6/2:S.HRG.110-28 (microfiche)
Online access athttp://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS85263
• National Center for Education Statistics. A brief profile of America’s public schools. Washington, DC : U.S. Dept. of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, 2007.
Call no. Belk Federal Documents Y 4.AP 6/2:S.HRG.110-28 (microfiche)
Online access at http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2007/2007379.pdf
• School to Work Progress Measures: A Report to the National School-to-Work Office for the Period July 1, 1997 - June 30, 1998, U.S. Department of Education.
Call no. Belk Federal Documents ED 1.2:SCH 6/36
• Tice, Peter. Trends in the Use of School Choice, 1993 to 2003. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, 2006.
Online access at http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS76725
• Transition Planning for 21st Century Schools. Raleigh, N.C.: Public Schools of North Carolina, Dept. of Public Instruction, 2007.
Call no. Belk N.C. Documents G5 6:T78 (microfiche)
• United States Commission on Civil Rights. Becoming Less Separate?: School Desegregation, Justice Department Enforcement, and the Pursuit of Unitary Status. Washington, DC: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 2007.
Call no. Belk Federal Documents CR 1.2:SE 6/2
Online access at http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS91155
• United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce. Subcommittee on Education Reform. No Child Left Behind's Education Choice Provisions: Are States and School Districts Giving Parents the Information They Need? Field hearing before the Subcommittee on Education Reform of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, first session, October 20, 2003 in Taylors, South Carolina.
Call no. Belk Federal Documents Y 4.ED 8/1:108-38 (microform)
Online access at http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS49471
• (2005). Corridor of shame. Ferillo & Associates.
Call no. 379.158 C817fe (DVD)
• (2004). Balanced assessment: improving student achievement and standardized test results. Assocation for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Call no. 371.26 B182jo (DVD)
• (2004). Beyond Brown: pursing the promise. Firelight Media.
Call no. 344.730798 B468ha (DVD)
• (2004). Testing Mrs. Grube; A different standard. Ondine Rarey Productions.
Call no. 379.158 T288ra (DVD)
• (2003, 1986). A class divided. Yale University Films/PBS.
Call no. 379.26 C568pe (DVD) or streaming video
• (2003). After ten years: the court and the schools. Films for the Humanities & Sciences.
Call no. 379.263 C835cb (DVD)
• (2003). The color line on campus. Films for the Humanities & Sciences.
Call no. 379.263 C719cb (DVD)
• (2003). School, the story of American public education. Films for the Humanities & Sciences.
Call no. 370.973 Sch65mo2 v.1-4 (DVD)
• (2003). Standardized tests: assessing the price of failure. Films for the Humanities & Sciences.
Call no. 371.27 St24ab (DVD)
• (2003). A tale of two schools. Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association.
Call no. 372.414 T143gu (DVD)
• (2000). Educating to end inequity. Films for the Humanities & Sciences.
Call no. 379.26 Ed83Le (DVD)
• (1988). Hispanic education at the crossroads. Films for the Humanities & Sciences.
Call no. 973.0468 H625bL2 (DVD)
• (1996). Children in America's schools. South Carolina ETV.
Call no. 371.967 C437ha (VHS)
• (1992). Education on trial. Part 1, Do we need a national report card? MacNeil/Lehrer Productions and GWETA.
Call no. 379.2 L479ed pt.1 (VHS)
• (1992). Education on trial. Part 2, Is our public school system beyond repair? MacNeil/Lehrer Productions and GWETA.
Call no. 379.2 L479ed pt.2 (VHS)
• (1992). Education on trial. Part 3, Are we shortchanging our schools? MacNeil/Lehrer Productions and GWETA.
Call no. 379.2 L479ed pt.3 (VHS)
• (1991). Brown v. the Board of Education. Coronet/MTI Films & Video.
Call no. 344.730798 B814Le (VHS)
• (1989). Paying the freight. MacNeil/Lehrer Productions and GWETA.
Call no. 379.2 L479ed pt.5 (VHS)
• (1989). Upstairs/downstairs. MacNeil/Lehrer Productions and GWETA.
Call no. 379.2 L479 pt.2 (VHS)
• (2006). Trading schools. The Oprah Winfrey Show.
Available online at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEczvyM3Boc
• Common Reading - Elon's Common Reading Program website for this year's book
• National Center
for Education Statistic (NCES) - primary federal entity for
collecting and analyzing data related to education
• Search for public
school information from NCES - school and enrollment characteristics, including racial makeup and free lunch eligibility
• U.S. Census Bureau Statistical Abstract 2008 - data for public and private schools, student population and enrollment, educational attainment and finances
• NC Public Schools ESAS - education statistics access system, a data extraction tool for NC school systems
• NC Public Schools - information on the public schools of North Carolina, including NCLB and a variety of data and statistics
• NC School Report Cards - NC school report card for 2006-07 includes information about student performance, class size, school safety and teacher quality
• No Child Left Behind - from the U.S. Department of Education
• The Civil Rights Project
- research on racial diversity and other aspects of school segregation/resegregation
• Dept. of Education Office for Civil Rights - from the U.S. Department of Education
• U.S. Department of Education
• UNESCO Institute for Statistics - international statistics on education, science, technology, culture and communication
• Brown v. Board of Education - documents
from the National Archives
• "With an Even Hand": Brown v Board at Fifty - Library of Congress Exhibition
• Separate is Not Equal - Brown v. Board of Education - Smithsonian National Museum American History exhibit
• Unseen. Unforgotten - Images from TheBirmingham News, select Desegregating the Schools Difficult Lessons
• The Papers of Justice Tom C. Clark - Civil Liberties and Civil Rights cases of the U.S. Supreme Court