The present study aims to map the life satisfaction of adolescents from ethnic minority/immigrant backgrounds in schools with high concentrations of co-ethnic peers by comparing them with their mainstream counterparts in Hong Kong. The life satisfaction of 1,522 students was measured by the validated Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scale. Tests of invariance were conducted followed by latent mean analysis. In contrast to the public debates on the undesirability of co-ethnic education, the findings do not suggest negative associations between the ethnic minority or immigrant status of these students and their self-appraised global and specific life satisfaction in school and with friends. This study confirms that a school factor exists and that there are significant differences in the life satisfaction of the student groups under review. Educating students in schools with high concentrations of co-ethnic peers appears to benefit South Asians but not mainland Chinese immigrant students.
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Many Hong Kong schools are concerned with the growing number of enrolments of ethnic minority students. This article examines teachers' views of their influence on the performance of these students and how the cultural diversity among these students were addressed. Qualitative data were collected from semi-structured interviews with thirty-two teachers from three secondary schools. This study shows that teachers struggle to conceptualize a new rationale for responding to cultural diversity. They develop a sense of inter-cultural sensitivity, promote cultural responsiveness to diversity, and strengthen the home-school connection. The implication for the creation of a culturally responsive classroom will be given.

「學會共處」是在 1995 年德洛利斯報告提出的全球教育支柱之一，也是 2015 年「反思教育報告」重申的教育發展重點。香港的雙非學童是在全球情境中一種特殊的跨境教育。在「一個國家，兩種制度」的原則下，每天約有三萬雙非學生由深圳居所跨境到香港學校上課；同時，也有約千名雙非學童在深圳學校的港籍學生班就近入讀。這個發表的重點是分析兩地學校對雙非學童所進行「學會共處」教學的實踐。