Educating the Children of Migrant Workers in Beijing: Migration, education, and policy in urban China (Education and Society in China)

__Educating the Children of Migrant Workers in Beijing__ is a timely book that addresses the gap in the provision of basic education to migrant children in China. It examines the case of Beijing, with a focus on policy implementation at the municipal and district levels and its impacts on migrant schools and their students. Rural migrant workers in the cities usually lack local __hukou__ (household registration) and face serious obstacles in accessing basic social services, including schooling for their children. The educational situation of these children, however, can vary both across and within localities, and, despite policies and regulations from the central government, there have emerged broad and sometimes even extreme differences in the implementation of these policies at the local levels. This book uses evidence from qualitative interviews and the analysis of policy documents and materials to provide readers with a rare glimpse into the local politics surrounding migrant children’s education in China’s political center, including the nature of and motives behind policy implementation at the municipal and district levels and the implications for the survival and development of migrant schools in the city. Educating the Children of Migrant Workers in Beijing is a unique and in-depth contribution to an important area and will appeal to scholars and students across a range of disciplines, including China studies, migration studies, education, social policy, and development studies, as well as to practitioners and policymakers working on migrant issues and social welfare provision in China. "Educating the Children of Migrant Workers in Beijing is a timely book that addresses the gap in the provision of basic education to migrant children in China. It examines the case of Beijing, with a focus on policy implementation at the municipal and district levels and its impacts on migrant schools and their students. Rural migrant workers in the cities usually lack local hukou (household registration) and face serious obstacles in accessing basic social services, including schooling for their children. The educational situation of these children, however, can vary both across and within localities, and, despite policies and regulations from the central government, there have emerged broad and sometimes even extreme differences in the implementation of these policies at the local levels. This book uses evidence from qualitative interviews and the analysis of policy documents and materials to provide readers with a rare glimpse into the local politics surrounding migrant children's education in China's political center, including the nature of and motives behind policy implementation at the municipal and district levels and the implications for the survival and development of migrant schools in the city. Educating the Children of Migrant Workers in Beijing is a unique and in-depth contribution to an important area and will appeal to scholars and students across a range of disciplines, including China studies, migration studies, education, social policy, and development studies, as well as to practitioners and policymakers working on migrant issues and social welfare provision in China"-- Provided by publisher Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Dedication 6 Table of Contents 8 List of tables and figures 10 Foreword 12 Acknowledgments 14 1 Introduction 16 2 Migrant children’s education in China’s cities and the emergence of a new policy area 33 3 The growth and development of migrant schools in Beijing 62 4 “Under the same blue sky”? Central and Beijing municipal policies on migrant children’s education 72 5 Decentralization and migrant children’s education in Beijing: the significance of district policy approaches 99 6 The survival and development of migrant schools in Beijing: impacts of the municipal and district policy approaches 126 7 The survival and development of migrant schools in Beijing: the role of civil society 157 8 Implications for the future 184 Appendices 197 A Interviewees 197 B Migrant families in the sample 201 C Non-governmental organizations in the sample 205 D Policy documents and legislation cited 208 Index 213 General,Education,Social Science,Regional Studies,Educational Policy & Reform,Comparative