Zika, HIV/AIDS, Ebola—when infectious diseases approach epidemic status, panic also spreads. And while Jackie Miller understands people’s heightened concerns about global contagion, she says that the panic ultimately does more harm than good.
EDC is saddened by the death of Jerome Bruner, co-founder of EDC and a long-time faculty member at the New York University School of Education, who died June 5 at the age of 100.
EDC international development specialist Gustavo Payan has been selected for the Edward S. Mason Program, the flagship international program of Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.
The new report Next Generation STEM Learning For All: Envisioning Advances Based on NSF Supported Research highlights the ways in which STEM offers traditionally underrepresented groups increased opportunities for individual success, calling access to STEM education an issue of social justice.
Through May 23, the National Science Foundation's (NSF) 2016 STEM Video Showcase will feature nine videos created by EDC researchers and instructional designers.
On May 10, EDC hosted "Youth Livelihood Programs in Conflict-Affected Areas: Lessons Learned from Kenya and Mali” to share lessons learned from the Garissa Youth and Yes Youth Can! North East Region projects in Kenya and the Mali Out-of-School Youth project (also known as Paje Nièta).
Schools and teachers who have demonstrated success in preparing youth in Rwanda for meaningful work opportunities will be publicly recognized at a national awards ceremony in Kigali, Rwanda on May 6.
David Riley, a fierce advocate for inclusive education who spent most of his career at EDC, passed away on May 2 after a year-long battle with cancer. He was 71.
