Kozol: Hyperlinks

Kozol reveals great needs for equal educational opportunity in an article "Still Separate, Still Unequal" and one of the discussions Kozol raises is astonishing low graduation rates in large cities in the United States. According to Kozol, not even half students in the 100 large districts, where black and Hispanic concentrate, graduate on time. This reminds me of an article, One in Three Kids Drops out of School by Colin and Alma Powell, that I found in USA Weekend on February 26-28, 2010 that discusses what can be done to reduce the high dropout rates in large cities in the United States. According to the article, the lowest graduation rate is 30.5% in Indianapolis and the next is 34.4% in Cleveland (Source: EPE Research Center, 2009). In order to reduce the high dropout rates, Gen. Colin and Alma Powell work with America's Promise Alliance that assists students in succeeding in school with "five promises": caring adults, safe places, an effective education, a healthy start, and opportunities to help others. Kozol's article speaking for underprivileged students, while describing the inadequate conditions of facilities and course requirements not allowing students to succeed in college, forces us to examine the existing education system that fails to provide equal educational opportunities.