Dympna Devine is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education, University College Dublin. She is General Editor of Irish Educational Studies.

This book opens up fresh dialogue among educators about how to practice inclusivity and foster participatory democracy in educational settings at a time of increasing immigration, deepening inequality, and fraught global politics... it tackles tough questions facing schools beyond Ireland’s borders including racism, multiculturalism, school choice, school governance, to name a few.Professor Wendy Luttrell, Graduate School, CUNYThis landmark book explores the complex position of migrant children and parents within the Irish school system. Most significantly, the study views education within its wider political and historic context and accords a central role to the voices of the marginalized.David Gillborn, Professor of Critical Race Studies, University of Birmingham

• 1. Setting the context2. Shaping the nation: Power, identity and governance in Irish education3. Capitals, markets and opportunities for immigrants in education4. Leadership for diversity – moving beyond practical tolerance?5. Who (se) normal? Teaching for diversity in newly multi-ethnic schools6. Being in the shell? The perspectives of immigrant parents7. It’s like living another life’: Migrant children’s perspectives8. Making a difference? Facing the challenges, embracing the opportunities

Dympna Devine is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education, University College Dublin. She is General Editor of Irish Educational Studies.

This book opens up fresh dialogue among educators about how to practice inclusivity and foster participatory democracy in educational settings at a time of increasing immigration, deepening inequality, and fraught global politics... it tackles tough questions facing schools beyond Ireland’s borders including racism, multiculturalism, school choice, school governance, to name a few.Professor Wendy Luttrell, Graduate School, CUNYThis landmark book explores the complex position of migrant children and parents within the Irish school system. Most significantly, the study views education within its wider political and historic context and accords a central role to the voices of the marginalized.David Gillborn, Professor of Critical Race Studies, University of Birmingham

• 1. Setting the context2. Shaping the nation: Power, identity and governance in Irish education3. Capitals, markets and opportunities for immigrants in education4. Leadership for diversity – moving beyond practical tolerance?5. Who (se) normal? Teaching for diversity in newly multi-ethnic schools6. Being in the shell? The perspectives of immigrant parents7. It’s like living another life’: Migrant children’s perspectives8. Making a difference? Facing the challenges, embracing the opportunities

Dympna Devine is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education, University College Dublin. She is General Editor of Irish Educational Studies.

This book opens up fresh dialogue among educators about how to practice inclusivity and foster participatory democracy in educational settings at a time of increasing immigration, deepening inequality, and fraught global politics... it tackles tough questions facing schools beyond Ireland’s borders including racism, multiculturalism, school choice, school governance, to name a few.Professor Wendy Luttrell, Graduate School, CUNYThis landmark book explores the complex position of migrant children and parents within the Irish school system. Most significantly, the study views education within its wider political and historic context and accords a central role to the voices of the marginalized.David Gillborn, Professor of Critical Race Studies, University of Birmingham

• 1. Setting the context2. Shaping the nation: Power, identity and governance in Irish education3. Capitals, markets and opportunities for immigrants in education4. Leadership for diversity – moving beyond practical tolerance?5. Who (se) normal? Teaching for diversity in newly multi-ethnic schools6. Being in the shell? The perspectives of immigrant parents7. It’s like living another life’: Migrant children’s perspectives8. Making a difference? Facing the challenges, embracing the opportunities