About this project library
EDC collaborates with public and private partners to create, deliver, and evaluate programs, services, and products in 22 countries around the world. This library contains profiles of our current work and initiatives.
The United States faces persistent problems in its education systems, including opportunity gaps that negatively impact students’ learning and achievement. Changing the system is complex. State...
Throughout the Appalachian region of the United States, state education agencies (SEAs) and local education agencies (LEAs) are seeking effective strategies to improve students’ academic achievement...
Research is critical to finding out what works in education, but it takes collaboration with the real changemakers—policymakers, administrators, and teachers—to expand equitable learning...
Even with decades of investment in STEM education research, a gap remains between the topics that researchers choose to study and the needs and priorities of educators. Studies are often designed...
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting forced remote learning for all pre-kindergarten through grade 12 students, Columbus City Schools (CCS) delayed the start of the 2020–2021 academic year by...
Health clinics for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) play an important role in fighting the spread of HIV. However, designing effective, meaningful HIV prevention programs for these clinics has...
Death by suicide continues to be an issue of major concern affecting military service members and veterans. However, there are also glimmers of hope that awareness and prevention efforts are making a...
In Guyana, poverty and a lack of positive options have trapped many young people in a cycle of unemployment, crime, or prison. But what happens when youth, many of whom have been incarcerated for...
Recent surveys of youth in South Africa indicate troubling increases in the prevalence of HIV and pregnancy rates. But with over 94 percent of South African youth between the ages of 7 and 18...
Persons impacted by trauma are at greater risk for suicidal thinking and behaviors. In addition, interventions and approaches to address mental and behavioral health issues too often focus on health...
Located in Central America, Panama has a population of 4 million spread across 10 provinces, 3 Indigenous comarcas, and other Indigenous territories. Many of the areas in which Indigenous peoples...
Spanish as a Second Language for Indigenous Peoples of Panama (Español para los Pueblos Originarios)
Located in Central America, Panama has a population of 4 million spread across 10 provinces, three Indigenous comarcas, and other Indigenous territories. Many of the areas in which Indigenous peoples...
To ensure a vital STEM economy, our country must provide engaging and inclusive STEM learning opportunities, inside and outside of school, to inspire the next generation of innovators and inventors...
It is possible to make STEM workforce development and college study programs common, accessible, and rigorous in prisons and reentry programs. Doing so could enable justice-involved people to realize...
As learning opportunities continue to be needed outside of the physical classroom, the need for customized, locally tailored content is greater than ever. Mobile applications hold great promise for...