What school for what immigrants. Country of origin and types of education: the case of Canary Island

Abstract

The data on immigrants in the educational system show us a very different reality in the Spanish geography. The great differentiating characteristics will guide the development of this article, doing special reference to Canary Archipelago in the comparative analysis. Autonomous Community of reception and zone of origin of immigrants are essential elements to understand the distribution according to the educational levels and according to ownership, public or private, of the educative centres. This analysis and its comparison with native students will allow us to distinguish if immigrants search equality or difference in schools. Besides, will stand out which autonomous communities are more egalitarians. Some educative political and practices will be questioned.