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Children around the world have the right to a quality education. RAND has worked to design and implement comprehensive standards-based education reform in the Middle East and Korea, and continues to conduct research in all areas of international education policy in Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia.

Commentary
With Child Migrants Set to Become Students, Educators Must Prepare
Between 70,000 and 90,000 unaccompanied children are expected to cross the U.S.-Mexico border by year's end. Lost in an intensifying debate over U.S. immigration policy is the possibility that this wave will spill from shelters to schools. To best respond to this reality, policymakers and educators should consider what research says about educating migrant children.
Jul 14, 2014
Journal Article
The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in Mexico as Preparation for Higher Education
In this study we analyse the relationship between Mexican students' enrolment in the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme (DP) and their college preparedness using a case-study methodology.
Jan 1, 2014
Commentary
Comparing Higher Education Entrance Qualifications Across Europe
Given the opportunities for mobility of students and graduates across Europe, there is a need to understand how each country's higher education admission requirements compare, and to consider the long-term effects of those requirements on the skills, innovativeness, and resilience of Europe's workforce, says Cecile Hoareau McGrath.
Nov 27, 2013
Announcement
For Pardee RAND Graduate School, a $3.6 Million Gift
Frederick S. Pardee, a former RAND researcher, contributed $3.6 million to support the Pardee RAND Graduate School and to create its Pardee Initiative for Global Human Progress. His generous gift will seed projects that help those in developing countries.
Sep 4, 2013
News Release
India's Rapidly Expanding Higher Education System Could Be Improved by Linking Education Quality to Funding
India's higher education system faces challenges from underprepared faculty, unwieldy governance, and other obstacles to innovation and improvement. Instituting policies that link funding to quality could hold schools accountable for their performance, encourage greater innovation, and further the nation's education goals.
Jul 23, 2013
Research Brief
Linking Funding and Quality to Improve Higher Education in India
RAND researchers developed a course of action to help India implement policies and reforms that link higher education quality to funding to increase accountability, encourage greater innovation, and contribute to national goals.
Jul 23, 2013
Report
Linking Funding and Quality to Improve Higher Education in India
India's higher education system faces challenges from underprepared faculty, unwieldy governance, and other obstacles to innovation and improvement. Instituting policies that link funding to quality could hold schools accountable for their performance, encourage greater innovation, and further the nation's education goals.
Jul 23, 2013
Commentary
The Middle East's Science Revolution?
Even as conflict rages, a wave of research and innovation in Arabian Gulf countries is bringing with it significant investment in science and research infrastructure — and even U.S.-style universities, writes Shelly Culbertson.
Jun 27, 2013
Announcement
2013 WISE Awards Celebrate Innovation in Education Across the Globe
The World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) recognizes six innovative projects from around the world that are having a transformative impact on education.
Feb 28, 2013
Report
Sustaining the Qatar National Research Fund
An examination of what must be done to ensure sustainability of the Qatar National Research Fund, its achievements in its first five years, and recommendations for actions to respond to the new responsibilities mandated in Decree-Law (24) of 2008.
Aug 22, 2012
Report
Launching the Qatar National Research Fund
The design and implementation of the Qatar National Research Fund — the first research — funding organization of its kind in the Middle East—and descriptions of its first two programs, along with some early results and lessons learned.
Aug 21, 2012
Multimedia
Nurturing the Arab Spring: What Can Be Done to Remove Existing Barriers to Freedom of Expression in the Arab World?
In this June 2011 Congressional Briefing, RAND researchers discuss the growing body of creative works produced by Arab authors and artists that counter the intellectual and ideological underpinnings of violent extremism, factors that thwart the distribution of such works, and policy recommendations for overcoming those barriers.
Jun 13, 2011
Report
Identifying Arabic-Language Materials for Children That Promote Tolerance and Critical Thinking
A focus on children, whose ideas are still being developed, may be more effective in promoting tolerance and critical thinking in the Arabic–speaking world than efforts directed toward adults, whose attitudes are already established.
Mar 22, 2011
Journal Article
Early Academic Performance, Grade Repetition, and School Attainment in Senegal: A Panel Data Analysis
This study takes advantage of a unique data set from Senegal that combines test score data for children from the second grade with information on their subsequent school progression from a follow-up survey conducted seven years later.
Jan 1, 2010
News Release
Independent Schools Adopted New Curricula and Teaching Methods Early in Qatar's Education Reform
As the nation of Qatar reformed its education system from 2005 to 2007, teachers at new independent schools worked together to develop curricular contents that addressed new international curriculum standards in key subjects, applied significantly more student-centered teaching methods and provided more challenging learning environments.
Nov 6, 2009
Report
Barriers to the Broad Dissemination of Creative Works in the Arab World
Many analysts have examined the media that violent extremists use to communicate their core messages. Far less research, however, has been devoted to the growing body of creative works produced by Arab authors and artists that counter the intellectual and ideological underpinnings of violent extremism.
Sep 4, 2009
Report
Independent Schools Adopted New Curricula and Teaching Methods Early in Qatar's Education Reform
As Qatar reformed its education system from 2005 to 2007, teachers at new independent schools worked together to develop curricular contents that addressed new international curriculum standards in key subjects, applied significantly more student-centered teaching methods and provided more challenging learning environments.
Aug 25, 2009
Research Brief
Qatar's K–12 Education Reform Has Achieved Success in Its Early Years
Describes RAND's evaluation of the progress made in the first years of Qatar's K-12 education reform.
Aug 25, 2009
Research Brief
Qatar's K-12 Education Reform Has Achieved Success in Its Early Years (Arabic version)
Describes RAND's evaluation of the progress made in the first years of Qatar's K-12 education reform.
Aug 25, 2009
Research Brief
Lessons Learned from Developing and Implementing the Qatar Student Assessment System (Arabic version)
Researchers summarize the development of a standards-based student assessment system in Qatar, lessons for policymakers in Qatar and elsewhere, and challenges in aligning the assessment with future changes in the curriculum standards.
Jul 29, 2009

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RAND Topic:
International Education

Topic Synonyms:
Global Education

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Researcher Spotlight

Louay Constant

Adjunct Policy Researcher

Louay Constant is a senior policy researcher at the RAND Corporation and a professor of policy analysis at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. He has worked on a range of social policy issues including K–12 education reform, postsecondary education and training, labor markets, workforce…
Srikant Kumar Sahoo

M.Phil. Student, Pardee RAND Graduate School, and Assistant Policy Researcher, RAND

Srikant Sahoo (he/him) is an assistant policy researcher at RAND and an M.Phil. student at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. With over eight years of experience in the development sector, he has focused on social and education policy, impact assessments, consulting, K-12 education, AI in…

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