Research | This article examines why and how teachers of refugees enact protection by engaging with local forms of harm facing their refugee students. Through portraits of two classrooms in Jordan, we describe the relationships that form between Jordanian teachers and Syrian students, and the protection practices teachers develop in response. We propose a more comprehensive conceptualization of protection in refugee education that layers socio-political protection on legal and rights-based protection commonly embedded in humanitarian activities.
Read MoreInterview | REACH team member Hellen Zziwa spoke with Dr. Marangu Njogu of Windle International about his work, the challenges of providing quality instruction in refugee camp settings, and the importance of supporting young learners throughout their educational journeys.
Read MoreResearch | This article examines nation-state policies that have prioritized toleration of diversity over recognition through comparative case studies of three junior secondary schools in Botswana.
Read MorePodcast | Celia Reddick and Sarah Dryden-Peterson discuss language of instruction in refugee education on the FreshEd podcast, hosted by Will Brehm.
Read MoreVideo | Researchers from the Peace Research Institute Oslo and Harvard University teamed up with PositiveNegatives to convey the narratives of refugee students and teachers in the Dadaab refugee camps of Kenya.
Read MoreInsight | Student leaders and educators in Refugee REACH director Sarah Dryden-Peterson's new module at HGSE, Education in Uncertainty, share how they were able to connect their studies to practice and respond to emerging needs of their local communities and build supports during Covid-19.
Read MoreInsight | HGSE shares resources for educators and caregivers following the insurrection at the U.S. Capital, including thoughts by Refugee REACH's Sarah Dryden-Peterson.
Read MoreResearch | This essay explores the civic education of refugees within the context of a radical global policy shift to include refugees in national education systems.
Read MoreResearch | In the first literacy census in a refugee camp, researchers assessed all the schools providing lower primary education to refugee children in Kakuma, Kenya.
Read MoreInterview | A conversation with UNHCR education specialist Mialy Dermish about what it’s been like to take her classroom learning into the field, her current role, and how she thinks about research in her work.
Read MoreResearch | This article analyzes how refugee education is understood and designed by actors in diverse positions: at global levels, across 14 refugee-hosting nation-states, within schools, and over time.
Read MoreResearch | This article examines the quality of education available to refugees in both urban and refugee camp settings in Kenya, with a particular focus on teacher pedagogy.
Read MoreResearch | This article considers the ways in which education policy and practice in Botswana negotiate tensions between assimilationist and multiculturalist approaches to ethnic diversity.
Read MoreReport | Background paper prepared for UNESCO’s 2019 Global Education Monitoring Report. It explores the inclusion of refugees in national education systems, focusing on case studies in Kenya, Uganda, and Lebanon.
Read MoreResearch | This article explores how resettled refugees’ aspirations cultivated through education collide with post-schooling realities, and the barriers that stand in the way of resettled refugee young people achieving their long-term goals.
Read MoreChildren’s Book | A narrative of one individual’s pursuit of education during a time of conflict in Nicaragua. This resource includes a variety of activities and offers two “versions” to suit students’ learning needs and specific curriculum.
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