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“These children are not a problem for us, they are a resource because they provide the input we need to move forward and work at our best to take on new challenges”. —School principal, Milan
Acknowledgments I wish to thank the national and local leaders of the union, UIL Scuola, for their generous insights and support in the conduct of this research. In particular, my thanks goes to Rossella Benedetti, Noemi Ranieri, Giuseppe Termini, Sabatino De Rosa, Salvatore Mavica, Carlo Giuffré, and Diego Meli. I would also like to thank the members of the Associazione per gli Studi Giuridici sull’Immigrazione for sharing their extensive expertise and network in the field: Loredana Leo, Elena Rozzi, Gianfranco Schiavone, and Salvatore Fachile. I am also grateful to the staff of Education International for their comments and suggestions on this report. Finally, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the many teachers, education personnel, experts, social workers and all the interviewees who lent their voices to this report, giving of their time and sharing with me their invaluable work. Sonia Grigt