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As the course comes to an end, so does the reading of the book. For me, while reading a book the manifestations that come to life through the words from the author always correlate within what is going on. Booth (2008) wrote, “Record the scope and confidence of a claim” (p. 98). If I had to give a summation of what Kovol (1991) was giving his readers, I would mention how the history in his findings are something recent, con¬temporary, and ongoing within the educational spectrum.
The author explores how verifying the solutions of ‘past injustice" remains as an undertone expression that is often spoken with conservatives be¬cause it serves to challenge the claim that young black people may have some right to privileged opportunities. “The
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183). Included in the hands-on research, the writer also uses any many tables to confirm his data. From school funding from year to year and on a three-year period, Koval breaks down the statistical profiles of each city school he visited. What I take away from this book is exactly how he advocated for those who don’t have a voice.
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Our small research group was done for the rest of the week. However, I had an opportunity to learn kinesthetically about the reality of Savage Inequalities. Noteworthy, I had a chance to meet Dr. Boyce Watkins who is from Chicago (one of the cities in the book). While I didn’t have an opportunity to converse about the issues, he gave his audience the chance to see what he made of himself coming from the environments described within Koval (1991). When thinking of rich and thick, accuracy, and analyzing trustworthy evidence, I learned in depth information on the injustices within education. “Equal funding for unequal needs is not equality” (p. 54).
The content and process I learned this week was amazing! As an entrepreneur, the content and process this week alone enlightened more areas of life about and how to handle

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