Interview | Arash Bordbar shares his personal and educational journey and highlights the important role that higher education institutions play in creating welcoming communities and spaces of belonging for refugees.
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Insight | HGSE shares resources for educators and caregivers following the insurrection at the U.S. Capital, including thoughts by Refugee REACH's Sarah Dryden-Peterson.
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Interview | Freshta Karim reflects on the importance of both educational access and quality learning for young children, and the connection between education and the future of Afghanistan.
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Insight | HGSE faculty, including Refugee REACH’s own Sarah Dryden-Peterson, share the ways in which technology helped them explore hands-on learning experience, foster community, and continue the conversation outside the classroom during Covid-19.
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Podcast | Co-authors Benjamin Piper and Sarah Dryden-Peterson discuss the factors that influence early grade reading and suggest that focusing on education quality is important for improving literacy outcomes.
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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.
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Research | This essay explores the civic education of refugees within the context of a radical global policy shift to include refugees in national education systems.
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Book Review | Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad captures the story of Ali’s daily childhood adventures—learning to write calligraphy, playing soccer, making his father laugh—and his yearning for peace amidst a time of war.
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Book Review | A story of collective and individual action, conflict resolution and problem solving, educators can use Click Clack Moo to spark discussions about topics from worker’s rights to social change.
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Interview | Jessica Lander shares what led her to work in the field of immigrant and refugee education, how she uses research, and preliminary takeaways from her book project.
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Multimedia | This is the story of Sandra, a woman from El Salvador whose life and education was affected by civil war, and now devotes herself to developing a program for recently arrived immigrant teens in Cambridge, MA, USA.
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Book Review | Written as a prayer from a father cradling his sleeping son on the shores of the Mediterranean, waiting to flee their home - Homs, Syria - Sea Prayer captures both nostalgia for home and hope for an uncertain future.
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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.
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Digital gallery | A curated website that displays artwork created by Rohingya individuals living in Cox’s Bazar, in an effort to bring light to the voices of the Rohingya people.
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Insight | Featured article in Harvard Ed Magazine’s Summer 2020 edition highlighting six steps schools and communities should take to welcome displaced students into their communities and instill a sense of belonging.
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Spoken word | This poem recounts the story of Salim, who was born in Gaza and lived through two Palestinian Intifadas against Israel, and what shaped his heart and mind from childhood to adulthood.
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