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Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) Introduction
Introduces the Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC), an international research and development organization based in Newton, Massachusetts, and dedicated to improving the quality, effectiveness, and equity of education throughout the world. Provides information about EDC projects that span preschool to professional education and notes that the projects are designed to address critical issues in every part of the educational system.
Transforming Lives. EDC Annual Report, 2006
Highlights of the 2006 Annual Report include: (1) Program outreach to more than half a million teachers in all 50 states and 50 countries outside of the U.S. via distance-learning tools to provide teachers in some of the poorest and most remote regions of the world with up-to-date materials and training; (2) Advisors to the board of the National Coalition for Literacy, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Advisory Committee, the National High School Center working group that functions as a best-practices clearinghouse for top issues in high school reform, and the American Mathematical Society Committee on Education; (3) Helping the United States prepare the next generation of workers, creators, and leaders in science- and technology-related fields; (4) Health and education research; and (5) Working with governments and agencies around the world to improve nations' health and education: Selected project examples are described, and a financial overview is provided.
The Reinventing Education Initiative from an Evaluation Perspective
"During the past 20 years, the skills required to succeed in the economy have changed radically, but the skills taught in most schools have changed very little. As a result of the growing mismatch between the skills of most graduates and the skills required by high-wage employers, a U.S. high school diploma is no longer a ticket to the U.S. middle class." (Murnane & Levy, 1996, p.3). How do public schools and informal education programs meet this growing demand to produce highly skilled individuals, an expectation that ALL children will achieve at a level much higher than required in previous eras? This question now reverberates nationally in conversations among and between educators, employ...
Annual Report
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Exploring Bioethics
A module designed to introduce high school students to contemporary ethical issues related to advances in the life sciences.
Directory of Awards
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