ERIC Number: EJ1424833
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1911
EISSN: EISSN-1465-3397
Regulating Low-Cost Private Schools for Poor Migrant Children in China: Standardisation or Stratification?
Educational Review, v76 n4 p858-875 2024
China has been experiencing large-scale rural-to-urban migration since the 1980s. However, numerous rural migrant children could not enrol into urban public schools because of the household registration restriction. This study focused on the role of low-cost private schools that provide migrant children in the cities with basic education. Based on fieldwork from seven schools and interviews with 20 migrants, this study aimed to uncover the effects of strict regulations on rural migrant children's educational opportunities, from the perspectives of migrant parents, teachers, and school administrators. The results reveal improvement in school quality through government support; however, enrolment quotas under the "points system" still harm children's educational access. This study suggests that low-cost private schools for rural migrant children in Chinese cities are becoming instruments of social stratification and reproduction in policy and practice.
Descriptors: Rural to Urban Migration, Social Stratification, Educational Policy, Costs, Migrants, Private Schools, Low Income Students, School Role, Rural Areas, Educational Opportunities, Educational Quality, Parent Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes, Educational Improvement, Government Role, Access to Education, Enrollment Rate, Barriers, Urban Areas, Standards, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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