Editorial - The meanings of education between integration, diversities

The idea of an “Italian Sociology of Education” review arose several months ago, during the course of the Italian sociologists’ congress. The sociology of education research group had a meeting on “meanings of education between integration, diversities and conflicts”, and we agreed that our first issue could be a revised collection of the papers presented. Speaking about diversity, conflicts and integration seemed to be a good way to start an international review on education: but this issue is also the result of a collaborative work carried out over two decades by a group of educationalists both working together and separately, but always comparing their ideas and results.