provides 165 lesson plans developed to bring entire classrooms "on board" for exploration and discovery. Topics include deep-sea hydrothermal vents and their spectacular animal communities, benthic creatures of the Northern Gulf of Mexico (one of Earth's most geologically complex regions), seafloor methane, unexplored deep reef habitats off the Carolinas, the Titanic, and the mystery of the Steamship Portland (lost in a 1898 storm off New England). (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

provides 165 lesson plans developed to bring entire classrooms "on board" for exploration and discovery. Topics include deep-sea hydrothermal vents and their spectacular animal communities, benthic creatures of the Northern Gulf of Mexico (one of Earth's most geologically complex regions), seafloor methane, unexplored deep reef habitats off the Carolinas, the Titanic, and the mystery of the Steamship Portland (lost in a 1898 storm off New England). (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

High school students are learning some of the critical thinking and mathematics skills they need to make sensible financial decisions.

EDC has received a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for a two-year research project to support the development of handheld games to help struggling middle-school readers.

With the goal of strengthening the preparation that new K-12 principals receive in schools of education around the country, EDC will host a forum to share strategies to improve these programs nationwide.

With the goal of strengthening the preparation that new K-12 principals receive in schools of education around the country, EDC will host a forum to share strategies to improve these programs nationwide.

EDC’s Somali Youth Livelihood Program uses text messaging to link young people with potential jobs.

“We can put the power of teaching and learning tools right in teachers’ hands,” says Jennifer Ho on improving education in Indonesia.

Through the Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies, EDC provides training and technical assistance in substance abuse prevention to states, local communities, tribes, and jurisdictions.

EDC President Luther Luedtke is interviewed for “The Boss” business column in The New York Times.