een in that vein. To assess its worth in terms of the author's in-depth examination of improving education for the most disadvantaged, is not to accept the book for what it is and what it is intended to be. In fact, the author's fears about the future of even these two boys at the end of the book makes clear that this educational problem is grave, indeed. If even such an amazing involvement as Kotlowitz's might not help these two boys, what does that say about the problem of educating the disadvantaged on a national level? It is a national problem which calls for the deepest involvement by the government at every level.
The fact that Kotlowitz found no solution other than personal financial involvement tells the reader much about the problem, not only that the author lost hope in the ability or willingness of the government to solve the problem, but also in his belief that money was the problem and the solution. Indeed, the first time
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