EDC's Anne Huntington and Joy Kennedy explore the value of joyful learning and share some play-based strategies.
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April 28, 2021
By welcoming and responding to students’ calls for change, schools can simultaneously affirm students’ leadership and transform their own structural and cultural inequities.
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April 22, 2021
Today, start-up is still a controlled whirlwind of activity, as all team members are tapped to move a project from an idea on paper to a functioning and equipped office of contracted staff implementing award activities. But with travel and in-person meetings limited or prohibited for safety, we have a new normal.
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April 13, 2021
EDC uses continuous improvement (CI) to help clients test, sustain, and scale solutions to complex challenges, ranging from equity in home visiting programs to discipline referrals in schools.
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April 8, 2021
It is up to those of us who possess privilege to advocate for increased vaccine equity.
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April 7, 2021
After this past year, I’m much more conscious of the ways in which crisis takes its toll on well-being, and who it affects most.
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March 31, 2021
My colleagues and I created the Afro-Diaspora employee resource group (ERG) that serves as a collective space for Black and African heritage staff at EDC.
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March 24, 2021
Many families read aloud to help their children develop literacy skills. Yet far fewer families realize that they can play an...
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March 16, 2021
As schools now begin to plan for students’ return to full-time in-person learning, it is imperative that social and emotional learning (SEL) programs and mental health supports remain a focus of schools’ plans alongside academic recovery.
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March 10, 2021
In this post, we talk about using culturally relevant technology tools —those that are already part of families’ lives—to meet them where they are.