Pong, Myra.

Educating the children of migrant workers in Beijing migration, education, and policy in urban China / [electronic resource] : Myra Pong. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2015. - 1 online resource (xiv, 204 p.) : ill. - Critical studies on education and society in China .

1. Introduction -- 2. Migrant children's education in China's cities and the emergence of a new policy area -- 3. The growth and development of migrant schools in Beijing -- 4. "Under the same blue sky"? : central and Beijing municipal policies on migrant children's education -- 5. Decentralization and migrant children's education in Beijing : the significance of district policy approaches -- 6. The survival and development of migrant schools in Beijing : impacts of the municipal and district policy approaches -- 7. The survival and development of migrant schools in Beijing : the role of civil society -- 8. Implications for the future of migrant children's education in Beijing -- Appendix A: Interviewees -- Appendix B: Migrant Families in the Sample -- Appendix C: Non-Governmental Organizations in the Sample -- Appendix D: Policy Documents and Legislation Cited.

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Children of migrant laborers--Education--China--Beijing.
Education and state--China.
Rural-urban migration--Social aspects--China.