While there are notable exceptions such as Canada and Australia, in most countries migrant
pupils tend to suffer from an achievement gap compared to native pupils. A substantial part …

European schools should improve their methods for teaching migrant students. The
European Union has been making efforts to meet the needs of migrant students for some …

Children who are legally resident overseas nationals have the same rights to compulsory
education as UK nationals and their educational experiences are an important aspect of the …

Research on challenges of migration for Australian education has focused on the
management of cultural difference under the umbrella of 'multiculturalism'. Equity for …

Ireland experienced unprecedented growth in immigration from circa 1993 to 2011 which
resulted in greater linguistic and ethnic diversity in Irish schools. This paper is part of a …

In what follows, we outline the main conclusions and recommendations that we have drawn
from our investigation over a four-year period of how receiving-society educational systems …

Education plays an essential role in preparing the children of immigrants for participation in
the labour market and society. Giving these children opportunities to fully develop their …

By international standards, immigrant students in Ireland, on average, perform as well as
their native peers at age 15. However, non-English speaking immigrants face particular …

Despite more than 50 years of research evidencing the advantages of pedagogical
approaches that include the existing language competences of plurilingual students, many …

Since the exceptional economic growth of the last decade, Ireland has been transformed
from a country of emigration to one of immigration, with a marked increase in the numbers of …