Announcements

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced 14 winners from its 2015 All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development. EDC is a partner in two of the literacy innovations that won the challenge, which drew more than 200 proposals from 50 countries.

EDC’s Advancing Youth Project in Liberia was recently highlighted as part of the new USAID Let Girls Learn campaign, which seeks to increase girls’ access to education and empower them for future success.

A new report, authored by EDC’s Rachel Christina and Nathalie Louge for the World Bank, examines the impact of our IAI program, its low operating costs, and its effectiveness as a training tool for teachers, especially in fragile and conflict settings.

As part of its commitment to make computer science education more accessible to K-12 students, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced an award of $5.4M to EDC and other partners to develop materials to teach an Advanced Placement course at the high school level. I

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected EDC’s Center for Children and Technology to spearhead a project to identify the features of a ‘badge’ system to recognize learning objectives across institutions.

The new Suicide Prevention and the Clinical Workforce: Guidelines for Training provides resources for health, human services, and behavioral health professionals treating persons at risk for suicide.