Halls of Darkness: In the Ghetto Schools

Jonathan Kozol

doi:10.17763/haer.37.3.a35637488q183684

A journal of Harvard Education Publishing Group

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Abstract

The author reflects on his experiences teaching in the ghetto schools of a large American city. Although the teachers, administrators, and students he describes are composite characters with no actual counterparts,their traits and attitudes are intended to be representative.