For 60 years, the hukou, or household registration, system has discouraged mass inflows of rural labourers to the cities by limiting access to welfare services. Reforms introduced in recent years have so far had limited impact, particularly in big cities like Beijing in terms of migrant children’s education. Dandelion School, funded by charity donations, provides 3 years of middle school education exclusively for migrant workers’ children. By far, children without a Beijing hukou registration ca