Moving Towards Roma Inclusion in Spain Through Successful Educational Actions

Abstract

In this chapter, the authors describe the developments towards Roma inclusion in Spain through Successful Educational Actions. First, the authors describe the main characteristics of the Spanish Roma Minority with special regard to their cultural and linguistic diversity and deprivated social situation. After a brief overview of the Spanish education system, the authors give a detailed picture of the educational attainment of the Roma minority in Spain. After then the authors present and analyse the most important successful policies and support programmes for Roma education.

Citation

Macías-Aranda, F., Sordé-Martí, T., Amador-López, J. and Simon, A.A. (2019), "Moving Towards Roma Inclusion in Spain Through Successful Educational Actions", Óhidy, A. and Forray, K.R. (Ed.) Lifelong Learning and the Roma Minority in Western and Southern Europe, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 139-162. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83867-263-820191012