High Schools

History Games Tell the Story

EDC worked with historians, interactive media designers, TV producers, and teachers to understand and analyze how educators can harness young people’s interest in video games, digital storytelling, and sharing to deepen students’ grasp of U.S. History.

Powering the Future

EDC’s Ford PAS program introduces a new curriculum on alternative energy sources.

Taking a Natural Interest

The Jane Watson Irwin Perennial Garden at the New York Botanical Garden.

Two new curricula developed by EDC in collaboration with the New York Botanical Garden are exciting students about ethnobotany, the scientific study of the relationship between people and plants.

Ethics in Biology

High school tackle ethical issues related to vaccination, genetic testing, and clinical trials.

In a new EDC curriculum, high school students tackle ethical issues related to vaccination, genetic testing, and clinical trials.

New Bedford Charter School on Course for Success

Innovative program taps community resources and sets high standards.

Chicago Schools Takes New Approach to Math

Chicago Public Schools—the nation’s third largest school district— is adopting an innovative mathematics curriculum and teacher professional development program starting this year in 54 schools. The program, known as CME Project, features rigorous curricula for students, and a transformation of math instruction and professional development for teachers. The program, funded by the National Science Foundation, was developed by Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)

Designed for Learning

The typical science textbook is a dense read, presenting students with a highly specialized vocabulary and hundreds of new terms. For students with language-based disabilities, textbooks can be an insurmountable barrier to success in science.

Curriculum Development for the Henry Ford Academies

The Henry Ford Learning Institute creates small charter schools that focus on innovation and 21st century skills. Built on the success of a flagship school in Dearborn, Michigan, the Henry Ford Academies will be co-located with businesses, community, and cultural institutions in urban neighborhoods, and will leverage a wide range of local resources to provide hand-on learning experiences for students while supporting neighborhood revitalization.

Liz Claiborne Teen Dating Violence Curriculum

EDC is developing a teenage dating violence and abuse curriculum, Love Is Not Abuse, that will be taught in grade 9 English and health classrooms. Unlike other curricula on the subject, Love Is Not Abuse’s entry into the issue is unique; it will use brief, engaging texts (e.g., poetry, short stories, excerpts from screenplays, and theatrical plays) as a springboard to build young people’s awareness of how to make healthy choices in relationships and what to do if they are in abusive ones.

Urban Ecology Course Materials Created with a Universal Design for Learning Framework

CSE is directing the summative evaluation activities for Urban Ecology Course Materials Created with a Universal Design for Learning Framework, a project of The Lynch School of Education and the Urban Ecology Institute at Boston College in collaboration with the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST). This three-year project is developing and disseminating a complete set of standards-based, urban-ecology-course materials and accompanying field-study activities for an elective Urban Ecology course in high schools.