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Are the Homeless Crazy? With biting precision, a noted educator and social critic disputes a commonly accepted opinion about the cause of the ever-increasing problem of homelessness.Biographical Click here to see a portrait of writer, educator, and activist Jonathan Kozol, painted by Robert Shetterly as part of the Americans Who Tell the Truth project. This page also contains a biography of Kozol.http://www.americanswhotellthetruth.org/pgs/portraits/Jonathan_Kozol.htmlIn this interview with Salon, Kozol discusses his book Letters to a Young Teacher, urging educators to "be subversive" and strive for "aesthetic merriment." http://www.salon.com/books/int/2007/08/30/kozol/Cultural Visit this site, an in-depth study of Kozol, to read more about his work writing about and advocating for the homeless. http://www.learntoquestion.com/seevak/groups/2002/sites/kozol/Seevak02/html/se-homless1.htmRead an interview with Todd DePastino, author of Citizen Hobo: How a Century of Homelessness Shaped America. http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/143783in.htmlThis PBS NOW special, Home at Last, takes a look at a program that finds apartments for the long-time homeless. http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/305/index.htmlBibliographical At Amazon.com, read an excerpt from Rachel and Her Children, which chronicles the stories Kozol recorded from a homeless shelter in New York. http://www.amazon.com/Rachel-Her-Children-Homeless-Families/dp/0449903397#readerThis Huffington Post essay conveys, in Kozol's own words, why he fasted to protest the effects on inner-city education of No Child Left Behind. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-kozol/why-i-am-fasting-an-expl_b_63622.htmlHere is a full bibliography of Kozol's works http://www.learntoquestion.com/seevak/groups/2002/sites/kozol/Seevak02/html/Archive-biblio.htm and a discussion of his books. http://www.learntoquestion.com/seevak/groups/2002/sites/kozol/Seevak02/html/Archive-books.htm |