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Each month, EDC posts several new feature articles. This page provides an archive of past articles, including reports of emerging research and profiles of new EDC publications and Web sites.

  • Just Back: Cornelia Janke

    Cornelia Janke just returned from her 10th trip to Haiti, where EDC is working to improve job opportunities for youth. It’s an enormous challenge in a country with 70 percent unemployment.

  • Indonesia Kindergarten Program Expands

    Audio lessons are transforming classrooms in Indonesia.

    EDC is improving the quality of basic education across Indonesia by training kindergarten teachers to use Interactive Audio Instruction (IAI) .

  • Youth Produce a Lasting Impact

    Community organizer Meera Devi (standing) leads a class in the village of Kuchhp

    A Year after it ended, an EDC project in India that used tourism to engage youth in income-generating, health promoting, and community development activities, is continuing to have an impact.

  • Education for Sale

    Youth in Azerbaijan taking part in a workshop on corruption

    Corrupt educational practices can harm the quality of students’ education, the reputation of a country’s institutions of higher learning, and the preparedness of a nation’s workforce. EDC is addressing the issue in Eastern Europe and Eurasia.

  • Making a Difference in Suicide Prevention

    Jerry Reed is the director of the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) at EDC. SPRC collaborates with other organizations to develop tools and training programs for practitioners and community advocates. SPRC also serves as a clearing-house for information and resources based on best practices.

  • When a Loved One Needs Care

    EDC is developing a program to support patients and families as they cope with an illness that requires continual care. The program, consisting of a series of educational seminars, will be offered through employers, religious institutions, and social service agencies.

  • Warning Signs in the Emergency Department

    EDC with leading emergency department doctors and nurses developed “Is Your Patient Suicidal?” a simple, quick checklist that is used in hundreds of hospitals across the country today.

  • Unmasking a Pandemic

    Botswana’s first national response to HIV and AIDS focuses on educating teachers

    EDC is making Botswana history by implementing the country’s first required HIV and AIDS awareness curriculum called Living: Skills for Life, Botswana’s Window of Hope.

  • Entitled to Equality

    In More than Title IX, women and men who have spent their lives and careers working to achieve gender equity in classrooms and communities describe how hard-won changes in education have improved life in America over the past century.

  • Science at the Center

    EDC evaluates a program that increases academic achievement across the board by incorporating science into the classroom.

  • The Art of Diversity

    Integrating the arts into the curriculum enriches the school and the community.

    An EDC program that integrates the arts into the curriculum is making school more culturally relevant to students.

  • Building Opportunity around the World

    In Timor-Leste, youth have opened kiosks in the market or pursued training such

    For young adults in EDC’s international workforce training programs, the results rarely go unnoticed—the proof is in the paychecks.

  • Students Celebrate World Dictionary Day

    EDC and its partners distributed nearly 50,000 free copies of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary to classrooms in more than 700 elementary schools in the war-torn region of Muslim Mindanao in the Philippines.

  • Just Back: Chris Miara

    EDC collaborates with the University of California, Berkeley, to develop youth worker safety training materials for students, teachers, and businesses that hire teenagers. Chris Miara conducted trainings in New Jersey, the Virgin Islands, and Georgia on youth and workplace hazards.

  • Radio Instruction Gets Good Reception

    EDC radio instruction reaches tens of millions around the world.

    New study shows that radio is successfully reaching children in remote corners of the world.

  • Capturing Nature

    Outdoor exploration brings science to life for middle schoolers.

    Middle school students participating in EDC afterschool program head outside to explore, study, draw, and photograph various tree species and pond organisms.

  • Macedonian Apparel Industry Bounces Back

    Technology center revives Macedonian apparel industry and continues to prosper three years after the EDC project is complete.

  • One City’s School Renaissance

    Connecting the arts to the rest of the curriculum has energized one Ohio school system.

    The Lorain City Schools teamed up with EDC to establish six magnet school programs that integrated arts into seven of the city’s middle and elementary school classrooms and new labs.

  • A Scientist's Life

    A biology program that involves collecting insect DNA is teaching students to think and act like scientists.

  • The Logical Solution

    The Mathematics Leadership Program provides professional development for teachers, math coaches, and administrators to help students make sense of mathematics.

  • Tradition and Learning in Islamic Schools

    As a project director in EDC’s International Development Division, Helen Boyle’s work has taken her across the Middle East and Northern Africa.

  • Returning from the War Zone

    Many returning veterans face a mental health diagnosis.

    As more military service members return from Iraq and Afghanistan with pressing mental health needs, the Department of Veterans Affairs and others are stepping up to assist.

  • Preventing Suicide among Older Adults

    Illness and isolation put older adults at risk for suicide.

    Working with EDC program, nursing home staffs and family members can address the increased risk of suicide among older adults.

  • Students’ Well-Being of Principal Importance

    Principals around the world prioritize children’s mental health.

    A recent survey of principals from 25 countries revealed that school leaders estimate one in five students requires treatment or other mental health services to help them cope with the issues they face.

  • The Power of Music

    Agam and Inong teach children about earthquake preparedness.

    In Indonesia, a traditional form of dance is being used to teach earthquake safety.

  • Learning in Motion

    New curriculum uses hands-on design activities and books to build children’s science and literacy skills.

  • Ready for Launch

    Promoting mental health in young children can prevent troubles in later years.

    Supporting the growth and wellness of young children includes a focus on their social and emotional development.

  • Great Expectations

    A new public-private partnership is helping migrant workers in China adjust to factory life.

  • Law & Order: Classroom Edition

    A new interdisciplinary curriculum designed by EDC will give California’s high school students first-hand knowledge of jobs in law and justice.

  • The Right Frequency

    EDC’s Sudan Radio Service provides balanced, unbiased news despite many media restrictions.