Promoting a Child Development and Learning System in Haiti Amidst Conflict and Crises - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3032143608 ISBN 13: 9783032143600

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2026

Synopsis

This edited volume chronicles the University of Notre Dame’s efforts to promote child development and learning systems amidst conflict and crises in Haiti throughout the last eighteen years. The book is organized chronologically, beginning with Notre Dame's earliest engagement with the Catholic Church in Haiti, to its most recent initiatives. Along the way, it weaves together the evolution of education systems with qualitative and quantitative evidence from improvement science research and randomized controlled trials, offering both historical perspective and data-driven insights.

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About the Author

Neil Boothby is Professor and Director in the Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child at the University of Notre Dame, USA. He is an internationally recognized expert and advocate for children affected by war, displacement, and abject poverty. 

Kate Schuenke-Lucien is Director for Haiti and Senior Associate Director for Strategic Planning in the Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child at the University of Notre Dame, USA. She is an education leader whose work in Haiti has advanced literacy, early childhood development, and community engagement.

From the Back Cover

“This book chronicles one of the more astonishing success stories in education development over the past several decades—the effort by the University of Notre Dame to strengthen Haiti’s extensive Catholic Church education system. Children supported under this program showed consistently improving learning outcomes despite a succession of almost unprecedented crises. At a time when many have questioned the value of investing in the world’s least developed countries, this book should be considered must reading.”
—Bob Prouty, Former Head, Global Partnership for Education, USA 

“Boothby and Schuenke-Lucien’s book makes a rare and vital contribution. While many have extensively studied fragile states through the lenses of conflict and governance, very few works trace the long arc of educational innovation under such conditions. Readers will find much to be hopeful for when systems and institutions put the needs of the children they serve at the center.”
—Brian Hayes, Regional Director, Porticus North America, USA 

This edited volume chronicles the University of Notre Dame’s efforts to promote child development and learning systems amidst conflict and crises in Haiti throughout the last eighteen years. The book is organized chronologically, beginning with Notre Dame's earliest engagement with the Catholic Church in Haiti, to its most recent initiatives. Along the way, it weaves together the evolution of education systems with qualitative and quantitative evidence from improvement science research and randomized controlled trials, offering both historical perspective and data-driven insights.

Neil Boothby is Professor and Director in the Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child at the University of Notre Dame, USA. He is an internationally recognized expert and advocate for children affected by war, displacement, and abject poverty. 

Kate Schuenke-Lucien is Director for Haiti and Senior Associate Director for Strategic Planning in the Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child at the University of Notre Dame, USA. She is an education leader whose work in Haiti has advanced literacy, early childhood development, and community engagement.

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3032143608
• ISBN 13: 9783032143600
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 250
• Editor: Boothby Neil, Schuenke-Lucien Kate