{"product_id":"the-shame-of-the-nation-jonathan-kozol-9781400052455","title":"The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America","description":"Since the early 1980s, when the federal courts began dismantling the landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, segregation of black children has reverted to its highest level since 1968. In many inner-city schools, a stick-and-carrot method of behavioral control traditionally used in prisons is now used with students. Meanwhile, as high-stakes testing takes on pathological and punitive dimensions, liberal education has been increasingly replaced by culturally barren and robotic methods of instruction that would be rejected out of hand by schools that serve the mainstream of society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFilled with the passionate voices of children, principals, and teachers, and some of the most revered leaders in the black community, \u003ci\u003eThe Shame of the Nation\u003c\/i\u003e pays tribute to those undefeated educators who persist against the odds, but directly challenges the chilling practices now being forced upon our urban systems. In their place, Kozol offers a humane, dramatic challenge to our nation to fulfill at last the promise made some 50 years ago to all our youngest citizens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Kozol\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1400052459\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400052455\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.30w x 0.92d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/10\/2006 pg. 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/12\/2008 pg. 27\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/24\/2008 pg. 16","brand":"Jonathan Kozol","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980295110911,"sku":"9781400052455","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a06711ff-52ac-40c9-be7e-b5a27c00753a.jpg?v=1683249097","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-shame-of-the-nation-jonathan-kozol-9781400052455","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}