Equal education for migrant children

While migrant workers are praised for contributing to China's economic boom, their children have often been left behind by the cities their parents are helping build.

Today, most migrant children in cities go to schools that are specially set up for them. These privately run schools are usually poorly equipped and staffed, with low sanitation and safety standards.

Most local government education bureaus do not allocate funds to these schools as they do to public schools attended by other city children.