Accessing Quality Education

Bernhard Streitwieser is associate professor of International Education & International Affairs at George Washington University.Katharine Summers is international development practitioner and researcher focused on supporting migrants and refugees in Latin America and the Caribbean.Jessica Crist is education manager for the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network.

A fascinating and detailed on-the-ground look at how refugee families have accessed education in the DMV and how dramatic improvements could be made. This painstaking local study has national significance.

• Foreword, Andrew Selee, President of the Migration Policy InstituteIntroduction, Jessica Crist, Katharine Summers and Bernhard StreitwieserSection I: AccessChapter 1: Four Decades of U.S. Refugee Policy, Savannah Smith and O. Abiola Akintola Chapter 2: (Un)Welcoming Admissions: The Legal and Systemic Barriers Refugees in the DMV Face When Accessing Education, Jessica CristChapter 3: Increasing Access to Tertiary and Career and Technical Education (CTE) for Refugees in the DMV, Caroline Rakus-Wojciechowski and Savannah SmithSection II: InclusionChapter 4: Inclusive Education for Refugee Students, Haley Skeens and Isabelle Hoagland Chapter 5: Using an Asset-Based Approach to Overcome Refugees’ Language Barriers in Educational Settings, Ciara Hoyne, Ashley Mitchell, and O. Abiola AkintolaChapter 6: Additive Education Experiences and Educational Supports for Refugee Students, Ciara Hoyne, and Brittany Troupe Section III: ApplicationChapter 7: Building Capacity: Improving Refugee-Background Students’ Enrollment and Inclusion, Olivia IssaChapter 8: Sharing Information on Education Across Resettlement Agencies, Nonprofits, Schools, and Community Spaces, Alexander Erickson, Olivia Issa, and Brittany TroupeConclusion, Katharine Summers, Jessica Crist and Bernhard StreitwieserAfterword, Lisa Unangst