They will get there! Studies on educational performance of immigrant youth in the Netherlands

The educational performance of youth from immigrant descent has been a key subject in political and public debate over the past decades. Typically, these debates focus on underrepresentation in academic tracks in secondary school, and drop-out. The steady increase, however, in enrolments in academic secondary levels among youth from immigrant descent, seems almost overshadowed by the emphasis on problematic school careers. This thesis shows that the average access to higher secondary tracks is slightly lower in largely stratified neighbourhoods. Further research into three zip code areas with... Mehr ...