This document and trademark(s) contained herein are protected by law. This representation of RAND intellectual property is provided for noncommercial use only. Unauthorized posting of this publication online is prohibited. Permission is given to duplicate this document for personal use only, as long as it is unaltered and complete. Permission is required from RAND to reproduce, or reuse in another form, any of its research documents for commercial use. For information on reprint and linking permissions, please visit www.rand.org/pubs/permissions.html.The RAND Corporation is a research organization that develops solutions to public policy challenges to help make communities throughout the world safer and more secure, healthier and more prosperous. RAND is nonprofit, nonpartisan, and committed to the public interest. RAND's publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors.Support RAND Make a tax-deductible charitable contribution at www.rand.org/giving/contribute www.rand.org Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available for this publication. For more information on this publication, visit www.rand.org/t/RR859Published by the RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, Calif. © Copyright 2015 RAND CorporationR® is a registered trademark. Cover image: Syrian children in a school in Jordan (Shelly Culbertson).iii PrefaceThe Syrian civil war has displaced half of Syria's population, with civilians fleeing internally or to other countries. Neighboring countries-particularly Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan, Iraq, and Egypthave generously opened borders to the refugees in response to such great humanitarian need, and the international aid community has responded with assistance. The Syrian refugee crisis is now spilling over into Europe. A particular area of concern is education for the refugee children, important for the future of Syrian and host country societies. This scoping study is intended to contribute to the ongoing policy discussions among governments, donors, and United Nations agencies about the education of Syrian refugees in Lebanon, Turkey, and Jordan (the three countries with the largest populations of Syrian refugees), on four topics:• Access: How can refugee children access education? • Management: How will refugee education be planned, managed, and supported? • Society: How can refugee education promote a stable and prosperous society? How can plans for refugee education be managed within sensitive political constraints? • Quality: How can the quality of education for both refugees and host country citizens be promoted in such difficult circumstances?The report concludes with policy implications, discussions of trade-offs among goals within resources and political constraints, and needed areas of further research. SummaryThe Syrian refugee situation is one of the most devastating humanitarian crises of our time. From the start of the civil war in 2011 to September 2015, half of Syria's population of 23 million has been displaced, with at least 7.6 million displ...

This document and trademark(s) contained herein are protected by law. This representation of RAND intellectual property is provided for noncommercial use only. Unauthorized posting of this publication online is prohibited. Permission is given to duplicate this document for personal use only, as long as it is unaltered and complete. Permission is required from RAND to reproduce, or reuse in another form, any of its research documents for commercial use. For information on reprint and linking permissions, please visit www.rand.org/pubs/permissions.The RAND Corporation is a research organization that develops solutions to public policy challenges to help make communities throughout the world safer and more secure, healthier and more prosperous. RAND is nonprofit, nonpartisan, and committed to the public interest.RAND's publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors.Support RAND Make a tax-deductible charitable contribution at www.rand.org/giving/contribute www.rand.org Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available for this publication.ISBN: 978-1-9774-0065-9 For more information on this publication, visit www.rand.org/t/RR2303Published by the RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, Calif. © Copyright 2018 RAND CorporationR® is a registered trademark. Cover: caption/source information.iii PrefaceThis report provides an in-depth description of Louisiana's approach to improving educational experiences and student outcomes. Louisiana has received recent attention for some of its new policies and promising early results. Thus, its approaches could merit closer study. As we document, Louisiana's most recent reforms have focused not only on K-12 academics but also on the systems that coexist and interact with K-12 academics, including teacher preparation, early childhood education, and graduation pathways. We particularly focus on the reform strategies that the Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) has been implementing since 2012, when a new state superintendent of schools was appointed by the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. Since that time, LDOE has utilized a range of policy levers to work toward its goals. These policy levers include accountability but also emphasize resources, tools, and incentives intended to support and build capacity for accountability mandates. What is perhaps most notable about Louisiana's approach is the systematic, focused, and frequent communication and planning processes LDOE has set in motion to support its reform efforts.This overview of Louisiana's education reform strategies should be of interest to those seeking to keep track of the vast changes being made in the state, as well as education stakeholders in other states who are interested in making system-wide changes to affect educational outcomes. However, we have not yet collected any data on how Louisiana's strategies are being perceived and implemented by stakeholders at the ground level, such as teachers, school leaders, and child care agencies. In ad...

Limited Print and Electronic Distribution RightsThis document and trademark(s) contained herein are protected by law. This representation of RAND intellectual property is provided for noncommercial use only. Unauthorized posting of this publication online is prohibited. Permission is given to duplicate this document for personal use only, as long as it is unaltered and complete. Permission is required from RAND to reproduce, or reuse in another form, any of its research documents for commercial use. For information on reprint and linking permissions, please visit www.rand.org/pubs/permissions.html.The RAND Corporation is a research organization that develops solutions to public policy challenges to help make communities throughout the world safer and more secure, healthier and more prosperous. RAND is nonprofit, nonpartisan, and committed to the public interest. RAND's publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors.Support RAND Make a tax-deductible charitable contribution at www.rand.org/giving/contribute www.rand.org For more information on this publication, visit www.rand.org/t/rr960Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available for this publication. ISBN: 978-0-8330-8868-0Cover photo by Louay Constant. © Copyright 2016 Kurdistan Regional GovernmentR® is a registered trademark.iii PrefaceThe Ministry of Education (MoE) of the Kurdistan Region-Iraq (KRI) has been investing in improving the quality of K-12 education. In support of its many initiatives to develop its education system, the Kurdistan Regional Government asked the RAND Corporation to advise on improving quality through several analytic efforts: assessing ongoing teacher training, designing a quality assurance program for schools, advising on monitoring and incentivizing the private school sector, and proposing a new MoE administrative structure that can best support MoE's multiple growth initiatives. This report fulfills that request building on two previous efforts: This report was prepared by RAND Education for the KRI. The findings of this study should be of interest to persons involved in education in the KRI as well as to others elsewhere involved in quality improvement efforts in school systems.The principal investigators of this work are Georges Vernez and Shelly Culbertson. The authors can be contacted by email at vernez@rand.org or by phone at 310-393-0411, extension 6211, and by email at shellyc@rand.org. For more information on RAND Education, contact the Director, Darleen Opfer, who can be reached by email at dopfer@rand.org; by phone at 310-393-0411, extension 4926; or by mail at RAND Corporation, 1776 Main Street, P.O. Box 3138, Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138.More information about RAND is available at www.rand.org. SummarySince 2008, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has undertaken an ambitious reform of the kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) education system of the Kurdistan RegionIraq (KRI). This has included developing a more rigorous curriculum, compulsory educatio...

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