The Shame of the NationBy: Jonathan Kozol Since the early 1980s, when the federal courts began dismantling the landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, segregation of black children has reverted to its highest level since 1968. In many inner city schools, a stick and carrot method of behavioral control traditionally used in prisons is now used with students. Meanwhile, as high stakes testing takes on pathological and punitive dimensions, liberal education has been