ABSTRACT
Migration is not new. Human beings have always migrated; much of the prehistoric and historic record focuses on the migration of people. Although the highest percentage of world population migration was between 1850 and 1910, when as much as 10% of the world population was on the move, the transitional displacement of people appears to have become endemic by the beginning of 21st century, with more people on the face of the globe then ever before and some 200 million living away from their country of birth (Global Commission on International Migration, 2005). Every nation is a sending, receiving, or transient nation for migrants, and there is every indication that international mobility and the challenges associated with transition will continue to affect future generations (Langford, 1998; RAND Corporation, 2000; Schiff & Ozden, 2005). The trend has significant effects on the racial and ethnic composition of many of the world's schools (Rong & Preissle, 1998).
