An article about promising practices to prevent suicide features EDC’s Julie Goldstein Grumet discussing how health care systems are using Zero Suicide.
People 85 years and older face one of the highest suicide rates of any age group in the United States. EDC's Jerry Reed talks to NPR about preventing suicide among individuals in this age group.
EDC’s Shai Fuxman is interviewed on Greater Boston about research that students with disabilities are nearly twice as likely to be victims of cyberbullying. According to Fuxman, rather than ban social media, schools can create curricula to reduce cyberbullying.
Students with disabilities are nearly twice as likely to be victims of social media-related cyberbullying, according to a research report co-authored by EDC’s Shai Fuxman and Shari Kessel Schneider for the Ruderman Family Foundation.
EDC President David Offensend talks about the “leap of faith” that led him from a career in finance to nonprofit management. Offensend also discusses EDC’s work with women veterans, improving education in Rwanda, and implementing a computer science program in New York City.
EDC's David Jacobson discusses First10 Schools and Communities partnerships to improve teaching, learning, and care for young children and their families.
EDC’s Heidi Kar, Julie Riordan, Gisela Rots, and Kim Netter are interviewed about their efforts to help out-of-school time workers better understand and address the needs of children affected by opioid misuse at home.
Using EDC’s Work Ready Now! life skills curriculum, the Mindanao Youth Development (MyDev) program created opportunities for more than 25,000 out-of-school youths in conflict-affected areas of the Philippines.
