Comprehensive School Reform

Condoleezza Rice Visits Indonesian School

Al Ma’Muriyah Madrasah—a school participating in EDC’s Decentralized Basic Education (DBE 2) in Jakarta, Indonesia—hosted a visit from U.S. Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, last week. The school is one of the seven schools in Jakarta participating in the DBE education project, which is funded by USAID and managed by EDC’s International Education Systems Division.

Adolescent Literacy

For years, Mary Manning, principal of the Collins Middle School in Salem Massachusetts, has seen children come into her school unable to read at grade level. After three years, many failed to catch up before moving on to high school. “After a few years of saying ‘isn’t this terrible,’ and wringing our hands, we decided to get some training and see if we could tackle this problem,” says Manning.

Assistance to Basic Education

EDC has been selected by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as a lead organization to implement the Assistance to Basic Education (ABE/BE) initiative, USAID’s new Indefinite Quantity Contract mechanism to support quality basic education around the world.

Improving Decentralized Education in Indonesia

The Decentralized Basic Education Program Objective 2 (DBE 2) is funded by USAID and aims to improve the quality of teaching and learning in Indonesia’s public and private sector primary schools.

The Role of High School in K-12 Education

In these reflections on the changing face of high schools, Cheryl King draws on her 30-year career in urban public education.

Inclusive Schools: Portraits of Excellence

Examples of high-performing schools where all students, including those with disabilities, are achieving academic and social success.

Successful School Reform

When EDC’s Ruby Midkiff began working as a site coordinator at the Martin Luther King (MLK) Middle School in Monroe, Louisiana, it was a safe, orderly, and “healthy” school with an optimistic outlook. The school recognized its essential strengths—a strong principal and excellent teachers—but it also had identified serious weaknesses.

Improving Peruvian Schools

EDC is working with Peru’s Ministry of Education to improve instructional strategies.

EDC Issues Study on School Reform

Teacher professional development, improved student achievement, and vibrant programs that continue to scale up beyond the life of the grant are the key differentiators for long term educational success, according to a new study issued by the Center for Children & Technology (CCT), a division of EDC.

The Future of Public Education

Letters to the Next President: What We Can Do About the Real Crisis in Public Education, is a collection of more than 30 letters from writers aged 8 to 92 that Publishers Weekly calls “thoughtful” and “refreshing.”