The study of integration processes focused specifically on the educational field has reached a crucial stage with the emergence of the second generation of immigrants. Even in a recent migration country like Italy, awareness has increased of the strategic importance of schools facing immigration, and the shaping of Italy as a multiethnic society. This article presents some aspects of extensive qualitative research carried out in Turin on the relationship between the education paths and integration processes of immigrant pupils in Italy. The various phases of welcoming, integration, and then either school success or failure, are crucial in order to understand how students with migratory backgrounds (or themselves migrants) are defining their careers, both at school and in the labour market. In other words, does school integration promote highly-qualified education paths?
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