EDC Update Spring 2011 (pdf, 2.73 MB)
Role of radio in southern Sudan’s independence; identifying learning disabilities in English language learners; providing dental care to underserved communities
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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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With classrooms covered in ash, resilient Indonesian teachers overcome continual disruptions to calm, educate their students.
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Research from EDC helps schools identify English language learners with disabilities.
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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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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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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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Leaders strive to put the mental health on the global agenda.
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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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For underserved communities across the United States, dental therapists are providing much needed oral health care.
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Recently returned from a school that is piloting EDC’s science video game, Martha Davis discusses technology in the classroom