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Bonal, Xavier – UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning, 2019
The concentration of social groups in certain geographic areas and institutions is not a new phenomenon, but since the current migration crisis, one of the world's largest since the end of the Second World War, it has reached an unprecedented level. This poses important challenges to many education systems: the arrival of newcomers often leads to…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, School Segregation, Foreign Countries, Foreign Students
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Simo, Nuria; Telford, Jon – Improving Schools, 2012
The arrival over the last 15 years of a substantial number of pupils of immigrant origin has presented Catalan schools with significant challenges. The schools in Vic (70 km north of Barcelona) have been at the forefront of attempts to adjust to this new multicultural reality. This article describes the results of three studies carried out by the…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, School Choice, Educational Research, Academic Achievement
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Rambla, Xavier; Valiente, Oscar; Frias, Carla – Journal of Education Policy, 2011
In many countries choice of school is an increasing concern for families and governments. In Spain and Chile, it is also associated with a long-standing political cleavage on the regulation of large sectors of private-dependent schools. This article analyses both the micro- and the macro-politics of choice in these two countries, where low-status…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Social Status, School Choice, Foreign Countries