Underperformance among ethnic minority youth The Case of a Dutch Secondary School

Based on a case study at one of the Netherlands secondary schools in Rotterdam, the research aims at exploring the issue of poor educational achievement amongst second generation youth of ethnic minorities in the Netherlands; it is focusing on youth of the age 14 – 18 of Turkish and Moroccan descent. It attempts to identify the different perceptions regarding the factors that might be contributing to the problem of underperformance among ethnic minority youth through bringing in the different voices and views, and overview the understanding of both the students and teachers on why these young people are finding difficulties in their educational path and are underrepresented in the higher tracks of education.