Reform of education in its broadest sense requires forces coming together to improve education systems as well as educational policies and leadership. It also necessitates long-term planning and flexible designs, including the involvement of multiple stakeholders to impact policies, curriculum, and teaching practices. With full awareness of the enormous tasks that a reform agenda entails, Advancing Education in Muslim Societies (AEMS) views education as a platform for addressing the status quo and the larger geopolitical environments to explore ways in which education can play a role in infusing values and empowering individuals and groups to pursue those as part of their personal development. Hope, in this case, is a research construct as well as a value that grounds the empirical research plans of AEMS and contributes to its future orientation.
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