Integrating Refugees into Classrooms Reporting on refugee issues around the world, including the political, economic and environmental causes of displacement and the people and ideas addressing forced migration. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/series/integrating-refugees-into-classrooms/rss en In Greece, Refugee Children Are Still Waiting for School to Start Education Fri, 07 Apr 2017 12:39:17 +0000 Yiannis Baboulias https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/04/07/in-greece-refugee-children-are-still-waiting-for-school-to-start https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/04/07/in-greece-refugee-children-are-still-waiting-for-school-to-start Greece pledged to help all refugee and migrant children in the country attend schools, but the E.U.-funded program has been mired in delays. Yiannis Baboulias reports from Athens on the efforts of a migrant women’s network to give refugee girls access to education. After a School Year Lost to War, Aleppo Sisters Shine in Istanbul Education Wed, 22 Mar 2017 12:26:54 +0000 Didem Tali https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/03/22/after-a-school-year-lost-to-war-aleppo-sisters-shine-in-istanbul https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/03/22/after-a-school-year-lost-to-war-aleppo-sisters-shine-in-istanbul Since their tough start in Istanbul, Sabah and Mayas, two sisters from Aleppo, have mastered Turkish and are now thriving at school. But many Syrian refugee children feel lost in Turkey’s education system – if they make it to class at all. Schooling Judy: Falling Through the Gaps in Jordan’s Education System Education Wed, 15 Mar 2017 11:30:05 +0000 Elspeth Dehnert https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/03/15/schooling-judy-falling-through-the-gaps-in-jordans-education-system https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/03/15/schooling-judy-falling-through-the-gaps-in-jordans-education-system Jordan has committed to education for all, but some Syrian refugees still struggle in the country’s public school system. As part of our series on the education crisis among Syrian refugees, we meet Judy, who has been to four schools in the past four years. Living in the Shadows, a Family Tries to Secure Its Children’s Future Education Wed, 08 Mar 2017 05:00:20 +0000 Abby Sewell https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/03/08/living-in-the-shadows-a-family-tries-to-secure-its-childrens-future https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/03/08/living-in-the-shadows-a-family-tries-to-secure-its-childrens-future In the first of our in-depth reports on the education crisis for Syrian refugees, Abby Sewell reports from Lebanon on the challenges faced by Syrian siblings in a country with the highest per capita number of refugees in the world.