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Schools Struggle in Wake of Volcanic Eruption

Education Development Center : EDC — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 20:44:05 +0000

With classrooms covered in ash, resilient Indonesian teachers overcome continual disruptions to calm, educate their students.

EDC’s Success at the Core Wins Educational Software Awards

Education Development Center : EDC — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:56:00 +0000

Success at the Core, a free online professional development resource for school-based leadership teams and teachers, has won a 2011 Best Educational Software (BESSIE) Award for “Best Professional Development Website.” EDC and Vulcan Productions created Success at the Core to help leadership teams and teachers prepare all students for success.

EDC Responds to New York Times Article

Education Development Center : EDC — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 16:51:29 +0000

In a published letter in The New York Times, EDC’s Naomi Hupert takes issue with a story about open classrooms, saying they are not a new innovation, and proponents should consult existing research on teaching and learning.

USAID Awards EDC $75 Million to Improve Education in Lebanon

Eric Marshall — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:20:55 +0000

The U.S. Agency for International Development has awarded EDC $75 million for a five-year project to be known as D-RASATI (“my studies” in Arabic) that will include thousands of students and teachers in more than 1,300 public schools throughout Lebanon.

School Counselors Guide College-Bound Students

Eric Marshall — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 18:38:45 +0000

As students face their options after high school, they have many questions. A new online course helps school counselors answer these questions and create a college-going culture.

EDC to Collaborate on National Center to Share Effective High School Practices

Eric Marshall — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:53:31 +0000

EDC will collaborate on a new $13.6 million national center to identify what makes some large urban high schools effective and then transfer those practices to less-effective schools.

Coaching Program Shows Promise

Eric Marshall — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:47:34 +0000

Ismail and Siti Fatimah are teachers in Indonesia. They work hard to be good teachers—but they also want to be better ones. To that end, Ismail attends a weeklong workshop for technology training in the capital of his province. He goes there to learn about computers so he can teach his colleagues.

Forum Targets Principal Preparation

Eric Marshall — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:22:18 +0000

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.

Forum to Focus on Principal Preparation

Eric Marshall — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:22:18 +0000

The Education Investigators

Eric Marshall — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:21:03 +0000

With guidance from the Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast and Islands, educators navigate complex research and practices to help U.S. schools.