Inmigración, Familia y Escuela. Condicionantes clave para la colaboración ene España

The participation of immigrant families in school is still one of the main challenges of intercultural education. Since the 90s, in Spain there have been several researches that have tried to shed light on this matter and different programs and resources have been applied trying to encourage this collaboration. This goal, however, is still a pending task. The present work aims to study the family-school relationship in Spain. from a multicultural perspective where are analyzed the main body and channels of participation, that educational institution provided to families to collaborate for development of the educational process of the students, as well as the main measures addressed to immigrant families. The inquiry also takes into account the key determinants of this process. To do that, a theoretical study is carried out on the main contributions that different Spanish regulations and investigations show to this regard. These results have been contextualized in a broader research that analyzes the paths of immigrant students in the Andalusian school institutions (Project I + D + I CSO2013- 43266-R). Among the conclusions are evidenced the analysis leading factors to face research and educational intervention, as well as the challenges and potential improvements for immigrant families’ promotion of active participation in the educational context.