EDC Update Winter 2010 (pdf, 4.18 MB)
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A professional development program helps educators connect science and math concepts across grades.
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A new curriculum designed by EDC is preparing youth for futures in the arts, media, and entertainment industry while meeting the academic standards needed for college.
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Early childhood education program directors and their staffs in four New England states now have a significant new resource in the form of training and technical assistance service centers.
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Through the Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies, EDC provides training and technical assistance in substance abuse prevention to states, local communities, tribes, and jurisdictions.
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In Thailand, would-be entrepreneurs learn skills to help them expand their small business opportunities into successful ventures.
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A computer game developed by EDC helps players learn how to prevent the spread of H1N1 influenza.
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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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EDC’s Somali Youth Livelihood Program uses text messaging to link young people with potential jobs.
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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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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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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.