Education Development Center : EDC

October 28, 2024 Wendy Rivenburgh Jessica Juliuson Did you have a say at school? Did any adults encourage you to get involved in something you care about? Did they urge you to vote? What...

https://www.edc.org/blog/how-get-out-vote-promoting-student-voice-increase-civic-participation

We invite you to join EDC early childhood experts in-person at the 2024 National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Annual Conference , November 6–9, in Anaheim, CA. Our ex...

https://www.edc.org/connect-edc-naeyc-2024

October 21, 2024 Jacqueline DeLisi In our increasingly connected world, much of our work relies on collaborations with large numbers of partners, whether through communities of practice, net...

https://www.edc.org/blog/strangers-colleagues-cultivating-effective-virtual-research-community

EDC, a global nonprofit, has received a $15 million joint investment from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) to lead a newly established national ...

https://www.edc.org/edc-awarded-15-million-lead-national-effort-advance-elementary-science-education

October 1, 2024 Gagnessiri Ndoye In the heart of Sitooukéne, a small village in Senegal’s Zinguinchor region, where the nearest source of vegetable crops or fruit trees is more than 30 kil...

https://www.edc.org/blog/high-school-student-turns-his-village-green

September 26, 2024 Shelby Kuhn Suicide is the leading cause of preventable death in jails and correctional facilities. Deaths by suicide have been rising in the last 20 years, increasing by 8...

https://www.edc.org/blog/zero-suicide-framework-systems-change-approach-reducing-suicides-correctional-settings

A new study led by EDC’s Akira Gutierrez Renzulli reveals that high adverse childhood experiences are more linked to disruptive and internalizing behaviors than academic preparedness. The find...

https://www.edc.org/adverse-childhood-experiences-and-school-readiness

To mark the inaugural 988 Day, EDC’s Elizabeth Box and the Ad Council’s Derrick Feldmann have penned an opinion piece about how the free, confidential 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline can help ...

https://www.edc.org/spreading-word-about-988

September 6, 2024 Melanie Sany Nada Berrada Two years ago, at the nexus of youth, employment, and the green economy, we launched our first-ever 10-year global Moonshot Initiative: Our Worl...

https://www.edc.org/blog/progress-toward-1-million-youth-green-jobs-two-years-our-world-our-work

July 30, 2024 Erica Macheca Shai Fuxman Bonnie Lipton This post is adapted from a post published on the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Northe...

https://www.edc.org/blog/using-mtss-support-student-well-being-new-fact-sheets-schools