Savage Inequalities
Also known as Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools
Jonathan Kozol's 1991 account of unequal schools for rich and poor American children.
At a glance
Key ideas
Spending gaps, Segregation persists, Court cases
See all 3Follow-up
The Shame of the Nation
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- Kozol visited classrooms in East St.
- Louis, Chicago, New York, Camden, Cincinnati and Washington, D.C.
- He contrasts schools spending just over $3,000 a pupil in Camden with up to $15,000 in Great Neck, Long Island.
- He describes overcrowded, unsanitary, understaffed schools without basic books.
- He argues that unequal funding through property taxes keeps racial segregation alive in American education.
Why it matters
- It is a landmark of American writing on school funding and segregation.
Key facts
- Author
- Jonathan Kozol1
- Published
- 19911
- Awards
- Finalist, 1992 National Book Critics Circle Award; New England Book Award for non-fiction1
Key ideas
Follow-up
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The Shame of the Nation1
Continues the theme of resegregated schools.
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