ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the characteristics of the education system and the schools from which immigrant students drop out – especially to the pattern of their efforts to cope with the internal cultural diversity created by immigration and diversity management strategies. The policy that is called for, because it seems to be the most promising for the demarginalization of immigrants in the long run, is one that follows the pattern IMHME not only on the individual school's level, but first and foremost on the national educational system's level. The major disadvantages of all forms of assimilation are the hierarchical ordering of diverse cultural groups and its resulting marginalization effect on minorities and immigrant groups. For immigrant youngsters, contextual marginality is often accompanied by personal marginality – at school and/or among peers. The entrance of immigrant students is perceived by the school as similar to the entrance of veteran Israeli students.
