Table of Contents

Contents

Foreword to the 1995 edition by Jonathan Kozol IX

Foreword by Colin Greer X

Preface XIII

Acknowledgements XVII

I Won't Learn From You I

The Tattoed Man: Confessions of a Hopemonger 33

Excellence, Equality, and Equity 89

Uncommon Differences: On Political Correctness,
Core Curriculum, and Democracy in Education 103

Creative Maladjustment and The Struggle for Public Education 127

About the Author

Herbert Kohl is one of the country's leading educators and the author of more than forty books, including the classic 36 Children. Recipient of the National Book Award and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, among others, he was founder and first director of the Teachers and Writers Collaborative and established the PEN West Center in San Francisco. Kohl lives in Point Arena, California.

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