Overview

"Kozol...has assembled facts, rebuttals, and proposals—in an emotionally potent, ethically charged package."—Kirkus.

Defining literacy in human terms rather than as job-readiness, Kozol discusses the high cost of illiteracy on an individual and societal level.

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Illiterate America

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Overview

"Kozol...has assembled facts, rebuttals, and proposals—in an emotionally potent, ethically charged package."—Kirkus.

Defining literacy in human terms rather than as job-readiness, Kozol discusses the high cost of illiteracy on an individual and societal level.

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Editorial Reviews

Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
. . . whoever Mr. Kozol is mad at, the kernel of his message is worth rescuing from the tide of his vehemence. One might do both well and good to read selectively in the first dozen chapters of ''Illiterate America.'' If ever there was a cause to engage even the mildly compassionate! For once, the simplest facts and a little common sense are enough to leave any reader feeling all too fatly overprivileged. Even despite Mr. Kozol's excesses, one is left by ''Illiterate America'' feeling inclined to pitch in and lend a word. -- New York Times
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780307800572
  • Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
  • Publication date: 11/2/2011
  • Sold by: Random House
  • Format: eBook
  • Pages: 270
  • Sales rank: 654,303
  • File size: 3 MB

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