Hunger strike: Jonathan Kozol protests NCLB

 In a message posted on The Huffington Post website on September 10, noted author and activist Jonathan Kozol reported that he was entering the 67th day of a partial fast as an act of protest against the “vicious damage being done to inner-city children by the federal education law No Child Left Behind.” Kozol, who was the opening general session speaker at IRA’s Annual Convention in Chicago, said he is subsisting on a largely liquid diet.

For decades a leading proponent for children in poverty, Kozol said he has talked with a number of senators in hopes of changing the testing requirements in NCLB as well as other aspects of the law. He sees his fast as “a tiny price to pay compared to what so many of our children and their teachers have to go through every single day.” To read Kozol’s full report, visit The Huffington Post website and do a search for Jonathan Kozol.