Making the Mark? An Overview of Current Challenges in the Education for Migrant, Minority, and Marginalized Children in Europe

In 2007, the Open Society Institute Education Support Program launched the Education for Migrants, Minorities and Marginalized children in Europe (EMMME) project to investigate the impact of education on social inclusion and issues of injustice in education for migrant children in Europe. EMMME research and mapping suggests considerable and growing disparities in access to quality education and increasing segregation in European schools. During the course of the EMMME project, two separate but interlinked documents were produced: Education for Migrant, Minority and Marginalized Children in Europe and Making the Mark? An Overview of Current Challenges in the Education for Migrant, Minority, and Marginalized Children in Europe.

Making the Mark? An Overview of Current Challenges in the Education for Migrant, Minority, and Marginalized Children in Europe explores the scope, nature, and causes of educational inequalities and exclusion, particularly in the first member states of the European Union. The paper identifies different forms of disadvantage and unequal treatment experienced by migrant and minority groups in schools.

The paper also outlines the complex factors leading to social exclusion and analyzes EU member states' responses to overcome these inequalities and promote inclusion and justice in education. This analytical study was produced to inform the Open Society Institute's strategic engagement in this area and to lay ground for a new Education Support Program initiative on Integration and Diversity in Education in Europe.