Globalization & Migration

Somali refugees board a bus to Dollo Ado, Ethiopia. Photo: UNHCR Ethiopia/J. Ose. (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.) bit.ly/3czstpw

How can education contribute to a new and inclusive global politics of migration?

Refugees often experience multiple cycles of displacement and return, forcing young people to constantly re-imagine their futures. REACH considers how education can support physical and cognitive mobility, thereby enabling individuals and nation-states to build productive futures.

cornflower blue sq.png — Pathways to Educational Success Among Refugees

by Sarah Dryden-Peterson, Negin Dahya, and Elizabeth Adelman

research Article

Pathways to Educational Success Among Refugees: Connecting Locally and Globally Situated Resources by Sarah Dryden-Peterson, Negin Dahya, and Elizabeth Adelman (2017) in American Educational Research Journal.

This study identifies pathways to educational success for refugees. It examines the nature and content of supports that students identify as important. Refugee young people point to close relationships with family, friends, and teachers—both in-person and virtually—as providing critical motivation, mentorship, and academic support.

The findings suggest that both locally- and globally-situated relationships, mediated by technology, are critical to enabling refugee young people’s educational success.

midnight blue sq.png — The Purposes of Refugee Education: Moving Out of the Box

by Sarah Dryden-Peterson

Policy Engagement

The Purposes of Refugee Education: Moving Out of the Box by Sarah Dryden-Peterson (2017) in Promising Practices in Refugee Education.

This blog looks at how education is constrained by prevailing nation-state models of schooling. Although refugee young people imagine futures than span nation-states, the education they have access to often places them within national boxes of laws, policies, knowledge, and identities. Shifting opportunities for refugee young people will depend on building anew the shapes of these boxes.

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Shams, by Dima Masri (2017), is a collection of poems for students ages 10 and older.

This work is inspired by an interview with Shams, a Palestinian girl born in Jerusalem who grew up in the West Bank. Central to Shams’ story is the power of music in shaping her educational trajectory and providing unique opportunities compared to that of her peers.

Additional Resources

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Oxford Handbook of International Refugee Law

Book chapter | Refugee REACH director Sarah Dryden-Peterson and affiliate Hania Mariën jointly contributed a book chapter in The Oxford Handbook of International Refugee Law, focusing on the right to education.

The Futures of Education for Participation in 2050: Educating for Managing Uncertainty and Ambiguity

Research | UNESCO background paper co-authored by Refugee REACH co-founder Vidur Chopra & Helen Haste, arguing that developing the capacities to manage ambiguity and change are critical to enabling membership and participation within societies in the future.

In Focus: Manar Marouf

Interview | REACH sits down with Manar Marouf of IRC’s resettlement office to discuss her professional path, her experience bringing classroom-learning into the field, and what gives her hope.

Editorial Note: JEiE Special Issue on Refugees and Education, Part I

Research | This editorial note introduces the Journal on Education in Emergencies special issue on refugees and education. The first of two parts, it showcases research on important developments across several regions and central themes within the field of refugee education today.

A Global Commitment to Refugee Education

Insight | What will it take to fulfill a global commitment to refugee education? Sarah Dryden-Peterson shares her team's research in this piece, featured on HGSE’s Useable Knowledge forum.

The Global Partnership for Education’s Evolving Support to Fragile and Conflict-Affected States

Research | This article traces the history of policy development at the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) to understand the reasons for its increasing support of education in fragile and conflict-affected states.

Refugee Education: The Crossroads of Globalization

Research | This article probes a question at the core of comparative education—how to realize the right to education for all and ensure opportunities to use that education for future participation in society.

James’ Story

Podcast | Inspired by The Moth, this 1-hour podcast presents the story of James, a man born and raised in Sierra Leone during the country’s civil war.

Minda

Graphic Novel | This is the story of a Lumad student, originally from the island of Mindanao in Southern Philippines, and his pursuit of education — both for his own personal knowledge gain, and also for the greater Lumad community.

Inclusion and Membership in Refugee Education? Tensions between Policy and Practice

Research | In this book chapter, Sarah Dryden-Peterson exposes the tensions that exist in a model of including refugees in national education systems, and the precarious situations that it can create in schools and classrooms.