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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: Steve Anzalone

    Steve Anzalone recently traveled to Pakistan to develop a new EDC project that will help the country improve its preservice teacher training.

  • Teaching with Technology in Yemen

    Launch ceremony for INTALEQ (l to r): EDC's Helen Boyle; USAID's Susan Ayari; Dr. Abdulsalem Al Joufi, Yemen’s Minister of Education (seated); and Al Awn representative Adel Bahameed (seated)

    Yemeni educators integrate technology into their classrooms to help develop students’ 21st-century skills.

  • Renewing Civics Class

    Working with retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, EDC is helping develop Our Courts, a free interactive Web-based program designed to engage middle school students in civics education.

  • Lights, Camera, Education!

    The Success at the Core video toolkit illustrates effective strategies for teachers and school leaders.

    Working with an award-winning filmmaker and production company, EDC is developing a video-based professional development toolkit for middle schools.

  • Congolese Youth Build a Future

    Youth in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo learn to build sustainable livelihoods while at the same time reducing their risk for HIV/AIDS.

  • The Power of Words

    A project in West Virginia helps preschool teachers improve how they teach language and literacy.

  • Better Care for Medicaid Patients

    Learning more about patients’ experiences can lead to improved care.

    EDC is evaluating a service for Medicaid patients that seeks to stem the flow of frequent but potentially preventable hospitalizations and emergency room visits by providing patients with a place to receive patient-centered care.

  • Giving Science a Head Start

    For more than 40 years, Ingrid Chalufour has reached out to young children and their families in a variety of early childhood settings.

  • Youth Study Alaska’s Natural Resources

    A new resource seeks to increase Alaska Native youths’ interest in geoscience careers.

    EDC is evaluating a new resource aimed at increasing Alaska Natives’ exposure to and involvement in the geosciences.

  • Creating a Pipeline of Talent

    Training students in science and technology will help fill a growing need for a skilled workforce.

    For more than five years, EDC has supported a 37-state program that engages students in grades 6 through 12 in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) activities.

  • Collaborative Online Learning

    A 10-state partnership provides educators with online courses to improve teaching and learning.

  • Youth Get Back on Track

    More than a million U.S. youth are in the juvenile justice or foster care system.

    EDC is providing the first federally funded training and technical assistance program specifically focused on mentoring programs for youth in the foster care and juvenile justice systems.

  • Energizing Head Start Programs

    With help from a new resource, Head Start teachers can strengthen their skills.

    New tools from EDC help Head Start programs across the country meet staff development needs.

  • In Malawi, Child-Care Centers Tune In

    Interactive activities are boosting the work of community-based child-care centers in Malawi.

    In an effort to improve early childhood development programs, EDC and Save the Children are bringing interactive radio instruction (IRI) to community child-care centers in Malawi.

  • Countering HIV/AIDS Discrimination

    A network of educators is developing ways to respond to the HIV/AIDS crisis in the Caribbean.

    One powerful way to support people living with HIV and AIDS is to involve them in strategies that address misconceptions and support prevention. With that in mind, EDC created resource for Caribbean educators and networks of people living with HIV and AIDS.

  • Reaching Out to LGBT Youth

    Positive relationships with family, teachers, and peers can make the difference for LGBT youth at risk for suicidal behavior.

    With lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth facing a heightened risk for suicidal behavior, an EDC resource center has developed a set of guidelines for the adults who care for them.

  • College Bound, Safe and Sound?

    Violent acts on campus are most often carried out by victims’ fellow students, making on-campus prevention efforts crucial.

    Most violence on campuses comes from within the community itself. EDC works with colleges and universities to keep students safe.

  • Just Back: Nancy Clark-Chiarelli

    Nancy Clark-Chiarelli works with West Virginia preschool teachers to improve language and literacy learning among their students.

  • 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.

  • Game On

    Innovative video game helps Thai youth prevent HIV/AIDS

    A new video game created by EDC encourages youth and young adults in Thailand to take steps to prevent HIV/AIDS

  • Powering the Future

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

  • Learning and Earning in Timor-Leste

    Youths in Baucau taking part in a training

    A new EDC program is providing youths with education and livelihood skills.

  • Teachers and Students Learn Together

    Both teachers and students in Bihar, India, have benefitted from radio instruction.

    EDC is using radio to teach English to both students and teachers in Bihar, India.

  • Renewing Literacy in Preschool

    Professional development for preschool teachers boosts literacy in Worcester, Mass.

    A new professional development program developed by EDC assists teachers in boosting language and literacy acquisition among low-income children ages 3 to 5.

  • Discovering Technology in Jordan

    As technology businesses are booming in Jordan, educators are striving to prepare schools and students to keep pace. In 2003, an education initiative was launched to upgrade technology skills and knowledge. EDC’s Daniel Light spent time in these classrooms evaluating the program.

  • 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.

  • M.C. Escher, Mathematician?

    M.C. Escher’s work vividly illustrates the marriage of visual arts and geometry.

    Can the skills students learn in their art classes complement what they learn in their math classes? New research led by EDC seeks to find out.

  • Teachers Open a New Chapter

    U. S. Ambassador Kristie Kenney shops for books with teacher Reyna Joyce Barutu

    In the Philippines, elementary school teachers receive thousands of new books through an EDC-supported book fair.

  • 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.

  • Staying Safe in the City

    A video shown in clinic waiting rooms resulted in a reduction in STDs among patients who viewed it.

    An EDC video shown in clinic waiting rooms resulted in a reduction in STDs among patients who viewed it.

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