How much inequality through education can a democracy tolerate?

Due to the crucial importance of education for social partaking in modern democracies, it is not surprising that inequality in education has increasingly been discussed in recent years. Still, the question arises what different cycles in the intensity of political and public awareness can be put down to. The author argues that the issue needs to be considered in a broader social context. Thus, current hopes to effect distinct changes through specific educational-political reforms do not necessarily appear to be convincing.