Stalled Social Mobility: Educational Challenges Faced by Rural Migrant Children in China

This article investigates how rural migrant children in China have a stagnated upward social mobility compared to their urban peers on account of the cross-dimensional educational obstacles in mainly three aspects: institutional policies, harsh family conditions, and social stereotypes. The author will first unfold and analyze the current issue based on the previous research. Subsequently, this study will dive deeper into this topic by looking at several consequences of these educational deficits to diagnose the underlying issues and address the outcomes. Building on top of all the established information, this research aims to provide workable and sustainable one-to-one solutions that can help to close the educational gap from all aspects in order to enable all the children to have the chance to obtain a higher social status and a better standard of living for themselves and the their descendants; furthermore, it strives to boost the country's economy by empowering the human capital in the long run.