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EDC’s Joyce Malyn-Smith discusses the role community colleges can have in improving the United States’ competitive edge in the global marketplace by training workers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) skills.
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Experienced mathematics teachers are trained to provide onsite expertise and help other teachers build their skills and improve their teaching techniques.
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New materials are helping teachers in the Democratic Republic of Congo refresh their skills and boost the math and French learning of their students.
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A new system for training and evaluating teachers is transforming education in the West African nation of Benin.
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For students learning to read and write, including parents in the process can improve results.
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States, communities, and schools are coming together during Bullying Awareness Month to raise awareness and improve prevention efforts.
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Jim Vetter was recently in Vietnam to help train individuals to lead community-based peer support groups for recovering heroin addicts.
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The head of the U.S. Agency for International Development recently experienced firsthand the work of EDC’s programs in southern Sudan, a region long affected by conflict.
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Through a series of EDC-developed audio programs, Somali youth learn how to become financially responsible.
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Educating girls and women has been shown to boost economic productivity, reduce poverty, and increase per capita income. A number of EDC programs work to broaden girls’ horizons through education and skills building.
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EDC’s Norma Evans discusses her literacy and development work in Africa. “For children in resource-poor countries, literacy is social and economic capital. It allows them to participate more fully in society and to access better jobs.”
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A new guide from EDC teaches foster parents how to help and support children who are suicidal. It is part of a series about suicide prevention customized for various audience.
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EDC works with tribal communities to help them provide services and prevention programs for court-involved youth.
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Drawing on a long history of evidence-based prevention programs and intervention strategies developed to combat HIV and AIDS, EDC plays a key role in efforts to ramp up prevention efforts by efficiently and effectively reaching out to the largest groups most at risk.
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Medical interpreters help bridge the language divide between patients and healthcare providers.
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Students are unearthing the history and wonders of ancient China thanks to teacher training materials adapted for online learning by EDC.
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EDC helps youth from around the world to create media and share their stories, aspirations, and visions for the future.
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Recently returned from a school that is piloting EDC’s science video game, Martha Davis discusses technology in the classroom
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For underserved communities across the United States, dental therapists are providing much needed oral health care.
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EDC is playing a leading role in a national movement to treat suicide as a preventable public health problem.
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Leaders strive to put the mental health on the global agenda.
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EDC’s John Clapp discusses how colleges and universities can offer prevention programs, even as many struggle with slashed program budgets.
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Tapping the appeal of popular cooking shows, EDC’s TV411 What’s Cooking? program teaches undereducated adults about math and science
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Supporting afterschool professionals, EDC program provides hands-on activities in areas where classroom teachers do not have the time, resources, or training.
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Research from EDC helps schools identify English language learners with disabilities.
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With classrooms covered in ash, resilient Indonesian teachers overcome continual disruptions to calm, educate their students.
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EDC radio program provides news, information, and educational programs to internally displaced people and refugees from Darfur.
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As southern Sudan charts a new course for the future, Sudan Radio Service keeps the region plugged in.
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After years of leading EDC work in Malawi and Zambia, Simon Richmond recently returned to the United States. He specializes in using educational technologies such as radios and iPods to enhance learning in remote communities.
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New center will help Head Start teachers support diverse learners, including those who speak languages other than English.
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