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The Fires of Spring

A Post-Arab Spring Journey Through the Turbulent New Middle East - Turkey, Iraq, Qatar, Jordan, Egypt, and Tunisia

By: Shelly Culbertson

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The Fires of Spring

A Post-Arab Spring Journey Through the Turbulent New Middle East - Turkey, Iraq, Qatar, Jordan, Egypt, and Tunisia

By: Shelly Culbertson

Turkey, Iraq, Qatar, Jordan, Egypt, and Tunisia The “Arab Spring” all started when a young Tunisian fruit seller set himself on fire in protest of a government official confiscating his apples and slapping his face. The aftermath of that one personal protest grew to become the Middle East movement known as the Arab Spring—a wave of disparate events that included protests, revolutions, hopeful reform movements, and bloody civil wars. The Fires of Spring is the first book to bring the post-Arab Spring world to light in a holistic context. A narrative of author Shelly Culbertson’s journey through six countries of the Middle East, The Fires of Spring tells the story by weaving together a sense of place, insight about issues of our time, interviews with leaders, history, and personal stories. Culbertson navigates the nuances of street life and peers into ministries, mosques, and women’s worlds. She delves into what Arab Spring optimism was about, and at the same time sheds light on the pain and dysfunction that continues to plague parts of the region. The Fires of Spring blends reportage, travel memoir, and analysis in this complex and multifaceted portrait.

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1466874953

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Educating Newcomers

K–12 Public Schooling for Undocumented and Asylum-Seeking Children in the United States

By: Shelly Culbertson

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Educating Newcomers

K–12 Public Schooling for Undocumented and Asylum-Seeking Children in the United States

By: Shelly Culbertson

This report models numbers of undocumented and asylum-seeking children crossing the U.S. southwest border, reviews the federal and state policy landscapes for their education, and provides case studies of how schools are managing education for them.

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Rand Corporation

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1977408214

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9781977408211

Education of Syrian Refugee Children

Managing the Crisis in Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan

By: Shelly Culbertson,Louay Constant

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Education of Syrian Refugee Children

Managing the Crisis in Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan

By: Shelly Culbertson,Louay Constant

With four million Syrian refugees as of September 2015, there is urgent need to develop both short-term and long-term approaches to providing education for the children of this population. This report reviews Syrian refugee education for children in the three neighboring countries with the largest population of refugees—Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan—and analyzes four areas: access, management, society, and quality.

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115

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0833092448

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9780833092441

Rethinking Coordination of Services to Refugees in Urban Areas

Managing the Crisis in Jordan and Lebanon

By: Shelly Culbertson,Olga Oliker,Ben Baruch,Ilana Blum

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Rethinking Coordination of Services to Refugees in Urban Areas

Managing the Crisis in Jordan and Lebanon

By: Shelly Culbertson,Olga Oliker,Ben Baruch,Ilana Blum

This report focuses on identifying ways to improve coordination of international and national entities managing the Syrian refugee response in urban areas in Jordan and Lebanon, particularly in the legal, employment, shelter, water and sanitation, health, and education sectors. This report makes several contributions to the existing literature on this topic. First, it assesses the management model of a complex emergency response in urban areas in middle-income countries; most existing literature about humanitarian responses focuses on camps in weak states. Second, it brings together views of a broad spectrum of stakeholders to provide a comprehensive, multidimensional analysis of management of the Syrian refugee crisis in Jordan and Lebanon in particular. Third, this study presents a new framework for planning, evaluating, and managing refugee crises in urban settings, both in the Syrian refugee crisis as well as other such situations going forward. Fourth, it provides concrete recommendations for how to better support the needs of Syrian urban refugees in Jordan and Lebanon and for how to rethink refugee-assistance coordination around the world for improved effectiveness in the future. This study drew on multiple methods: a literature review; interviews in Jordan and Lebanon with officials from donor countries, UN agencies, host governments, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs); telephone interviews with international experts; and focus groups with refugees"--Back cover.

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0833094467

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The Fires of Spring

A Post-Arab Spring Journey Through the Turbulent New Middle East - Turkey, Iraq, Qatar, Jordan, Egypt, and Tunisia

By: Shelly Culbertson

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A Post-Arab Spring Journey Through the Turbulent New Middle East - Turkey, Iraq, Qatar, Jordan, Egypt, and Tunisia

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Educating Newcomers

K–12 Public Schooling for Undocumented and Asylum-Seeking Children in the United States

By: Shelly Culbertson

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K–12 Public Schooling for Undocumented and Asylum-Seeking Children in the United States

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Raising the Bar

Louisiana¿s Strategies for Improving Student Outcomes

By: Julia H. Kaufman,Jill S. Cannon,Shelly Culbertson,Laura S. Hamilton,Margaret Hannan,Sophie Meyers

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Raising the Bar

Louisiana¿s Strategies for Improving Student Outcomes

By: Julia H. Kaufman,Jill S. Cannon,Shelly Culbertson,Laura S. Hamilton,Margaret Hannan,Sophie Meyers

Louisiana has received attention for new education policies and promising early results. This report describes Louisiana's approach to improving student outcomes since 2012 and summarizes potential policy implementation challenges.

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1977400655

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9781977400659

Education of Syrian Refugee Children

Managing the Crisis in Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan

By: Shelly Culbertson,Louay Constant

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Managing the Crisis in Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan

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0833092391

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Rethinking Coordination of Services to Refugees in Urban Areas

Managing the Crisis in Jordan and Lebanon

By: Shelly Culbertson,Olga Oliker,Ben Baruch,Ilana Blum

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Rethinking Coordination of Services to Refugees in Urban Areas

Managing the Crisis in Jordan and Lebanon

By: Shelly Culbertson,Olga Oliker,Ben Baruch,Ilana Blum

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Opportunities for All

Mutually Beneficial Opportunities for Syrians and Host Countries in Middle Eastern Labor Markets

By: Krishna B. Kumar,Shelly Culbertson,Louay Constant,Faith Unlu,Shanthi Nataraj,Kathryn E. Bouskill,Joy S. Moini,Katherine Costello,Gursel Rafig oglu Aliyev,Fadia Afashe

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Opportunities for All

Mutually Beneficial Opportunities for Syrians and Host Countries in Middle Eastern Labor Markets

By: Krishna B. Kumar,Shelly Culbertson,Louay Constant,Faith Unlu,Shanthi Nataraj,Kathryn E. Bouskill,Joy S. Moini,Katherine Costello,Gursel Rafig oglu Aliyev,Fadia Afashe

This report examines the labor markets in Turkey, Jordan, and Lebanon for Syrian migrants fleeing the civil war. Each country has its specific challenges, and recommendations are tailored to each to improve the socioeconomic environment for all.

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1977401139

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9781977401137

Transforming Global Education Through Evidence

An Evaluation System for the BHP Foundation's Education Equity Global Signature Program

By: Benjamin K. Master,Shelly Culbertson,Brian Phillips

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Transforming Global Education Through Evidence

An Evaluation System for the BHP Foundation's Education Equity Global Signature Program

By: Benjamin K. Master,Shelly Culbertson,Brian Phillips

In this report, researchers develop a framework to evaluate the BHP Foundation's Education Equity Global Signature Program, explain methods for assessing progress over five years, and present preliminary results after a year of evaluation.

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1977406807

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Strategic priorities for improving access to quality education in the Kurdistan Region--Iraq

Kurdish-language version

By: Georges Vernez,Shelly Culbertson,Louay M. Constant

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Strategic priorities for improving access to quality education in the Kurdistan Region--Iraq

Kurdish-language version

By: Georges Vernez,Shelly Culbertson,Louay M. Constant

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) began an ambitious reform of the Kurdistan Region {u2014} Iraq's (KRI's) kindergarten through grade 12 (K{u2013}12) education system beginning in 2007 in an effort to modernize the curriculum, upgrade school facilities, and raise the quality of instruction. In 2010, RAND was asked to conduct a one-year study to assess the status of the K{u2013}12 system and its reform, and to develop strategic priorities and make practical recommendations for improving access to and quality of education in Kurdistan. In a one-year, multi-method study, RAND researchers analyzed school data from the KRG's Ministry of Education, as well as data from other KRI government sources and Iraq; interviewed a wide variety of stakeholders; surveyed teachers; reviewed the new K{u2013}12 curriculum and the curriculum used in the teacher colleges; developed a model to project future student enrollment; used geographic information system mapping to display the distribution of schools and assess the feasibility of proposed actions; and reviewed the literature on best practices and relevant educational policies. The outcome was three strategic priorities for improving the K{u2013}12 system: expand capacity to meet the rapidly growing demand for education, improve the quality of instruction, and strengthen stakeholders' accountability and incentives. In line with these priorities, RAND recommended that the KRG build new schools and classrooms, hire new teachers, improve teacher training for both practicing and new teachers, increase instructional time, provide high-performing students with broadened learning opportunities, restructure the role of supervisors, redesign the system for evaluating teacher performance, increase the principal's role, reward high-performing schools, measure student achievement and progress and make the results public, and involve parents and the public in promoting education. RAND also suggested ways to implement the recommendations that would make the process manageable.

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0833086103

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Book's by Shelly Culbertson

The Fires of Spring

The Fires of Spring

Educating Newcomers

Educating Newcomers

Education of Syrian Refugee Children

Education of Syrian Refugee Children

Rethinking Coordination of Services to Refugees in Urban Areas

Rethinking Coordination of Services to Refugees in Urban Areas

The Fires of Spring

The Fires of Spring

Educating Newcomers

Educating Newcomers

Raising the Bar

Raising the Bar

Education of Syrian Refugee Children

Education of Syrian Refugee Children

Rethinking Coordination of Services to Refugees in Urban Areas

Rethinking Coordination of Services to Refugees in Urban Areas

Opportunities for All

Opportunities for All

Transforming Global Education Through Evidence

Transforming Global Education Through Evidence

Strategic priorities for improving access to quality education in the Kurdistan Region--Iraq

Strategic priorities for improving access to quality education in the Kurdistan Region--Iraq

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