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As students face their options after high school, they have many questions. A new online course helps school counselors answer these questions and create a college-going culture.
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An EDC professional development program helps teachers create interdisciplinary lessons that also build their students’ literacy skills.
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Equipping mathematics teachers with skills and strategies helps them overcome language barriers to reaching their English-learning students.
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Facing a shortage in skilled labor, the Turkish Cypriot community turns to EDC to help improve vocation and technical education.
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Sudan Radio Service, which delivers objective news, education programs, and music throughout southern Sudan, is building a new radio station in the city of Juba.
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Interactive radio instruction brings learning to life in classrooms across the country, building confidence among teachers and students.
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In the quest for effective teacher professional development, Indonesia uses online technologies to promote in-school coaching
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With Massachusetts now the 42nd state to pass anti-bullying legislation, EDC’s bullying expert Ron Slaby says, “Bullying can be prevented.”
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Participants in EDC’s youth livelihood development program in Haiti recall the January 12 earthquake and share some of the work being done there in the aftermath.
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Yvette Uy Tan returned to her native Philippines to work on the Education Quality and Access for Learning and Livelihood Skills Project (EQuALLS2), a USAID-funded initiative in the southern island of Mindanao, home to a large Muslim population.
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EDC is bringing online learning and teacher coaching into Indonesian schools through the One-Computer Classroom and Coaching Pilot.
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Monitoring teachers’ performance over time gives school leaders valuable information that helps them to shape professional development opportunities.
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In the aftermath of the January 12 earthquake EDC’s Haitian Out-of-School Youth Livelihood Project (IDEJEN) is helping youths rebuild their futures.
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Responding to the crisis in teacher professional development, Mary Burns is using technology to improve teacher training in Indonesia.
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High school students are learning some of the critical thinking and mathematics skills they need to make sensible financial decisions.
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The Boston Science Partnership, funded with $12.5 million from the National Science Foundation, has provided advanced science courses to teachers that enhance leadership opportunities, disseminate best teaching practices, and help to create a vibrant learning community.
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EDC’s online capacity-building program provides graduate-level training for educators to facilitate and design online courses.
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Health professionals around the world are using a new online course developed by EDC to build their skills in preventing injuries and violence.
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Innovative program helps young black men address health needs from diabetes and obesity to HIV and AIDS.
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EDC offers a comprehensive approach to supporting military personnel suffering from PTSD and other mental health issues
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During the nation’s first multi-party election in 24 years, listeners tuned in for daily on-the-scene reports from Sudan’s only independent news radio station.
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In Malawi, 20,000 primary school teachers gathered for Tikwere Day, an annual training to support educators using EDC’s interactive radio instruction program.
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A digital network unites teens across the Middle East as they learn about technology and promote peace.
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In the aftermath of the January 12 earthquake in Haiti, EDC reflects upon the tragic losses there and works to respond to the challenges ahead.
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A member of the Hopi Nation, Stephanie Autumn directs EDC’s Tribal Youth Program, which seeks to prevent delinquency and improve juvenile justice systems for American Indian and Alaska Native youth. She and a colleague recently traveled to the Red Cliff Reservation in Wisconsin, home of the Red Cliff band of the Ojibwe tribe, for a site visit.
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In Mindanao, a region wracked by decades of conflict, EDC offers basic education and workforce development training opportunities for youth who have dropped out of school, including small-engine mechanics, carpentry, weaving, baking, and electronics repair.
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From radio to computers to cell phones, technologies are reaching 250,000 students and 4,300 teachers in Mali.
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EDC’s Somali Youth Livelihood Program uses text messaging to link young people with potential jobs.
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Rachel Christina is senior project director for the Egypt Education Reform Program. EDC’s role in the project focuses on the quality of teaching and learning within schools in seven Egyptian governorates.
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A computer game developed by EDC helps players learn how to prevent the spread of H1N1 influenza.
Articles
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.
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