Listed below is a list of required reading that you may download in PDFform:

Previous Reading List

Previously, we had focused our readings on Jonothan Kozol and his work because of a lecture that he gave on October 3, 2007 at the University.

All Participants

• Helms, Janet E.. A Race is a Nice Thing to Have. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1999.
• Kozol, Jonathan.  Still Separate, Still Unequal: America's Educational Apartheid. Harper's Magazine v.311, n.1864 1sep2005.
• Sobino, John.  The Universities Christian Inspiration.  From Conference to Bilbao, 1987.

NSP Volunteers

• The WorldBank: PovertyNet
• Catholic Campaign for Human Development: Poverty USA: The State of Poverty in America.
• Kozol, Jonathan.  Rachel and her Children.  New York: Random House, 1988.

Cooke Middle School Volunteers

• The Trouble With Boys — Newsweek, January 30, 2006 (recommended reading by Mr. Branch, Principal of J.CookeElementary)
• Kozol, Jonothan. Savage Inequalities. New York: Crown Publishers, 1991. (can be found on Amazon.com used for 1.50)

Urban Bridges Volunteers

• Kozol, Jonathan. Illiterate America. New York: New American Library, 1986.
• Please explore web site to learn more about why or how people could go to school in the United States up until 9th grade and still be considered illiterate? You may interview people who tutor, talk to the administrators at Urban Bridges. We will use your information for future student resources.