Jonathan Kozol

When Kozol gave a talk at the State University of New York in 1997, the New York State Writers Institute put together this biographical page. You'll find photos, quotes, and some brief reviews of his books, too.

Here's a page with a link to a Kozol biography, some photos, and information about his book Amazing Grace.

This page features a biography and a photo. If you had to pick one of these three biographical pages to cite for a research paper, which one would you pick? Why?

Here's an excerpt from his book Savage Inequalities, which deals with the problems facing the poor in the particularly troubled city of East St. Louis, Illinois.

Click here for some excerpts from Kozol's book Rachel and Her Children: Homeless Families in America.

In this interview from the journal Technos, Kozol discusses his role as an advocate for poor children the United States.

Read this review of Kozol's book Ordinary Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope. After you've read it, are you interested in reading the book itself? Why or why not?

This is the homepage of the East St. Louis Action Research Project, started by faculty and students from the University of Illinois in an effort to do something about the problems the city faces.

Interested in learning more about the problem of poverty, but not sure where to start? Try the homepage of the Institute for Research on Poverty.

"Appropriate technology" usually refers to that which is sustainable into the future and includes technology involved with energy, agriculture, and community planning. Take a visit to the homepage of the National Center for Appropriate Technology for an overview. What did you discover there? Where could you go online to find differing views?