This report synthesizes key findings from five case studies encompassing six countries – South Sudan, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Central Sahel (Niger and Burkina Faso), and Yemen – which focused on strengthening the role of education in the first phase of acute humanitarian responses, where RRMs exist or where other emergency response coordination mechanisms are in operation. It also forms part of the broader multi-partner ECHO-funded project led by the Global Education Cluster (GEC). The aim of this research is to support RRMs and similar humanitarian response coordination mechanisms to better integrate quality education responses that are responsive to different crises and contexts, and to produce actionable evidence to inform guidance, tools and training packages to enable professionals working on the frontline of rapid crisis responses to better integrate educational programming.