Educational policy; students migrant background; educational system; social integration.

Abstract

In the present article analyses intercultural education in schools and high schools as a factor in building democratic and inclusive societies as well as commitment to efficiency, equity and quality as integral parts of the education system. Contextualization of the moment and of the role is done and should do the educational centers to respond to the challenges posed by the growing presence of foreign students after verification that segregation in the classroom can also determine the social marginalization in the centers educational designed for the homogenization and structured based on a control logic. Similarly, the article states that little a school can do to promote equality and equity if the economic and social policies do not walk the same path. Finally, given some key reflections to bet on methodologies that take into account intercultural mind that vitalizes the students' thinking, strengthens solidarity and teamwork and is the basis for building democratic environments