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Converting curricula to digital formats means more than just doing away with heavy textbooks.

EDC’s Leslie Hergert gives a firsthand account from the frontlines of teacher professional development.

The desire to learn is powerful—even in regions devastated by war, corruption, poverty, instability, lack of resources, and natural disaster. Cornelia Janke talks about the critical role of education in rebuilding fragile environments around the world.

New opportunities for training are boosting teaching—and education—in Pakistan.

New toolkit offers schools and districts a community-based approach to addressing student health.

EDC is helping lead the way as states implement the Common Core standards.

In Colombia, teachers use songs, games, and dramas to teach basic English to rural students in grades 1–3.

On Digital Learning Day, events showcasing innovative and promising uses of digital learning will be occurring in classrooms and on computer screens across the country.

In Mindanao, a region of the Philippines long affected by conflict, workforce training opens new doors for young people who have left school.

Creating a bridge between researchers, policymakers, and practitioners isn’t always easy. But Jill Weber is working on it.

As baby boomers age out of the workforce, community colleges are poised at the forefront of efforts to prepare new workers with skills in science, technology, engineering, and math.

EDC is using social media tools such as Twitter and Facebook to share information about health promotion and disease prevention.

By providing leadership development opportunities, the Urban Special Education Leadership Collaborative is improving outcomes for students with disabilities in the nation’s urban schools.

A new resource from EDC and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention offers guidance to schools that may be unsure of how to respond after a suicide.