Commenting on Jonathan Kozol’s new book “The Shame of a Nation,” Nathan Glazer comments,
Jonathan Kozol has been writing books rather similar to this one since “Death at an Early Age” in 1968.
Glazer is right. Here are the features of a Kozol book, so you do not have to actually read one:
1) Inner city kids are the victims and their schools are destitute.
2) Inner city schools perform poorly because those privileged suburbs get all the money.
3) A cost-per-student comparison is made between a suburban and inner city school to show all of the unfairness.
4) More stories of inner city kids are included.
5) The suburbs are blamed a few more times.
6) The conclusion: more government and a healthy dose of collectivism.
