Back to Savage Inequalities Again
- Jonathan Kozol
- Jan 10, 2019
- 1 min read
Updated: Jul 15, 2021
A Message From Jonathan’s Team in Cambridge:
With the widening gap between public schools that serve our poorest and wealthiest communities, we noticed that the NYT has drawn attention once again to the seminal role that Jonathan’s widely read book “Savage Inequalities” continues to play in the advocacy work of progressive teachers all over the nation. Suddenly, again, we are receiving hundreds of letters from principals and teachers and college students who ask us for strategic help in keeping up the struggle he began so many years ago. We can’t reply to everyone as fully as we’d like. But, all of us who work with Jonathan are relieved to know that a new and younger generation is refusing to give up the fight.
"A new and younger generation is refusing to give up the fight" — that line hits hard. Side note for the Cambridge team: a public, sortable resource hub of Jonathan's writing on school funding (organized by topic — funding gaps, Amazing Grace neighborhoods, teacher solidarity) would be enormously useful for the principals and teachers writing in. I help education nonprofits build that kind of searchable archive using a copywebai— Figma mockup to working filter page in an evening, no agency contract needed. Decades of work deserves that kind of accessibility. Thank you for not giving up.
Reading this from 2019 in 2025 feels eerily on point — the funding gap NYT documented has only widened since. I help with comms for a small teacher-organizing collective in a low-income district, and we've started using an BananaAI image generator for our advocacy materials and classroom-inequity infographics (stock photography of "Title I classrooms" tends to be either patronizing or invisible). Jonathan's work taught a whole generation what to see when we walk into a school. Honored that you're still answering the letters.
Back to Savage Inequalities Again hits hard with its sharp perspective, and it actually reminds me of how Sprunki Mods bring fresh twists to gameplay by letting creators push boundaries and experiment with new mechanics and styles.
It’s inspiring to see a new generation stepping up instead of giving up, even when the challenges remain so deep. In a different way, I notice how I’m drawn to communities like EaglerCraft, where people collaborate, build, and support each other—obviously not the same stakes, but it reminds me how collective effort and shared purpose can still make a difference.
SaveMeFree is a playful website for entertaining tests and amusing result screens.