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Zusammenfassung First published in 2006. This is a special edition of Educational Studies, a journal of the American Educational Studies Association on Jonathan Kozol's ‘Savage Inequalities’, which includes a number of articles and book reviews that give a fifteen year reconsideration to the this text. Inhaltsverzeichnis Editor's Corner. Guest Editors' Introduction. ARTICLES: Talking Cents: Public Discourse! State Oversight! and Democratic Education in East St. Louis. Reading Place: Learning From the Savage Inequalities at Erasmus Hall. Education as a Civil Right: The Ongoing Struggle in New York. Savage Inequalities Revisited: Adequacy! Equity! and State High Court Decisions. BOOK REVIEWS: The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America by Jonathan Kozol. Final Test: The Battle for Adequacy in America's Schools by Peter Schrag and Class and Schools: Using Social! Economic! and Educational Reform to Close the Black-White Achievement Gap by Richard Rothstein. Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools by Jonathan Kozol. Reflections on the Moral and Spiritual Crisis in Education by David E. Purpel and William M. McLaurin. ESSAY REVIEW: Report to the Minister: Review of the Financing! Resourcing! and Costs of Education in Public Schools! South Africa. Time Exposure.