In Beijing, Students in Limbo After Migrant Schools Closed    •
Share   • Read Later Guang Niu / Getty Images  A migrant
worker's child sits in a classroom on August 18, 2011, in
Beijing, China. Many migrant schools have been closed recently,
leaving thousands of children without an education.  On the
dusty streets of the ramshackle village of Dongba on the eastern
fringes of Beijing, one question has dominated conversation
since the new school term started last week: "Have you found a
new school for your kids?"  Since the Beijing government
suddenly ordered the closure of four schools in the village in
mid-August, the parents of some 2,000 students have been
scrambling to find somewhere else for their children to study
this semester. They're not alone: about 14,000 children in total
have had to find new schools after the government shut down —
and in some cases tore down — two dozen schools across the city
this summer.  All of the closed schools shared one thing in
common: their students were the children of