Lights and shadows of the attention to diversity measures in the way to inclusive education

Given the deep changes fostered by the globalization process and the society of knowledge, one of the main challenges for the educational system is to understand and support inclusive policies and actions ensuring that all students reach the basic learning outcomes of compulsory education. This article analyses school failure as a way of exclusion from the right to get an education, and it highlights that the extreme attention to diversity measures which have been developed in the Spanish Compulsory Secondary School System (E.S.O.) promote parallel, but devalued schooling. It also offers some data, reflections, and suggestions for improvement which are key to achieve a truly inclusive school system.