One of the most significant global issues in the last few decades has been the continuing increase in the number of forcibly displaced individuals around the world. Around 114 million individuals were considered displaced by the fall of 2023 (UNHCR, 2023). The majority of these individuals originate from the countries of Syria, Venezuela, South Sudan, Afghanistan, Ukraine, and Palestine. As human rights organizations have also noted, over 40% of the world's displaced are children under the age of 18. As world conflicts continue, children’s health, safety, and education will continue to be vulnerable. The education of displaced children should be of imperative consideration around the world. Education is considered a fundamental human right and should be guaranteed internationally for the achievement of the 4th objective of the sustainable development goals by 2030. Meanwhile, war related trauma, has shown a great impact on cognitive effective processes that are necessary for the healthy development of children. The probability of refugee children experiencing traumatic events is constantly increasing and their development is impacted through poor academic performance and low self-esteem. In this paper, I emphasize the importance of education for refugee children through inquiry learning lessons that facilitate understanding, engagement, empowerment and dialogue to promote discourse in refugee children’s identity formation. The literature provides evidence that education is an essential part of a refugee child’s identity formation and is considered a root for hope and dignity. I review literature on the challenges and risks refugee children face in wartime through a critical lens, supported with data from UN agencies such as the United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (ANRWA) as well as other empirical studies to illustrate how conflict suppresses children’s development and academic achievements. I hope to present the need for a more critical conscious pedagogy for the future of refugees through an educational framework that implements a transformative and emancipatory approach to develop agents for change in a more humane world. Education can preserve the power of marginalized groups to initiate hope for a universal form of justice. Refugee children deserve more attention, but often they are overlooked by political objectives.