New Book: Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America

Posted by on August 20, 2012

For decades, Jonathan Kozol has been a voice for education equity and justice. His writing about schools and children’s lives is filled with insight, compassion, warmth, and a fierce critique of anything that smells of racial bias.

Over the years, Jonathan has also been a generous supporter of Rethinking Schools-offering kind endorsements for our books, speaking at Rethinking Schools benefits, allowing us to reprint his articles, and, of course, sharing his wisdom and friendship.

Jonathan has a new book out, which we want to draw your attention to:  Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America (Crown Books).

http://www.randomhouse.com/book/95381/fire-in-the-ashes-by-jonathan-kozol

Renowned educator and Rethinking Schools contributor Deborah Meier writes:

“Kozol has a knack for describing his relationships with poverty-stricken children with a sympathy that is so straightforward one cannot indulge in pity. Fire in the Ashes is a wonderful book. I couldn’t put it down.”

We’ve shared Jonathan’s book tour schedule below.

We hope that you’ll try to make one of Jonathan Kozol’s lectures and check out Fire in the Ashes-the latest volume in Jonathan’s decades-long critical observation of this country’s “savage inequalities.”

Bob Peterson and Bill Bigelow
for the Rethinking Schools editors and staff

Jonathan’s Fire in the Ashes Book Tour, 2012  (selected dates)

August 29, 7 PM: New York City
Lecture and book-signing at Barnes & Noble, Union Square
Open free to public

October 10, 7 PM: Reading, Pennsylvania
Lecture and book-signing hosted by Alvernia College
Open free to public

October 17, 7 PM: Meadville, Pennsylvania
Lecture and book-signing hosted by Allegheny College
Open free to public

November 8, 11:30 AM: Atlantic City, New Jersey
Lecture and book-signing hosted by New Jersey Education Association
Venue: Atlantic City Convention Center
Open free to teachers if space available

November 9, 5 PM: New York City
Lecture and book-signing hosted by City University of New York
Venue: CUNY Graduate Center
Open free to public