How School Buses Affect Outcomes, Helping Displaced Ukrainians in Europe, and More

Africa's economic integration agenda, lessons from the Syrian refugee crisis, and academic outcomes for students taking school buses.

View in browser June 24, 2022 Can school buses improve access for students without driving down academic outcomes?   School buses do more than just help students get to school—they could impact academic outcomes like test scores and attendance, too. To assess these effects, Sarah Cordes, Christopher Rick, and Amy Ellen Schwartz share findings from their New York City study of children who use school buses to get to school.   Read more Helping forcibly displaced Ukrainians   Though Europe's approach to the Ukraine refugee crisis is very different from its approach to the Syrian refugee crisis, there are important lessons to be learned from the latter to ensure that displaced Ukrainians get the help they need, writes Omer Karasapan.   Read more Listen: Re-approaching Africa's economic integration agenda   On the latest episode of the Foresight Africa podcast, Julius Kiiza joins Aloysius Ordu to discuss Africa's regional integration efforts as well as the integral role of women and technology in the success of those endeavors.   Listen to the podcast The conclusions and recommendations of any Brookings publication are solely those of its author(s), and do not reflect the views of the Institution, its management, or its other scholars. The Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036 Unsubscribe Manage your newsletter subscriptions | Receive the Brookings Brief less often