1. Transforming Learning: Experiences with Education and Technology Around the World
2. Mathematics: A Blend of the Old and New
3. Opportunities in Tourism
4. Overcoming Gender Stereotypes
5. One Hour on AIDS
6. Celebrate Inclusive Schools Week, December 3-7
7. Featured Publications
8. EDC in the News

1. Transforming Learning: Experiences with Education and Technology Around the World

Over the past six years, EDC through the USAID-sponsored dot-EDU initiative has worked in more than 30 countries to expand and deepen the quality of learning in the developing world. This multimedia presentation highlights specific technology applications and their impacts.

Visit the Web site:
http://ies.edc.org/transforming-learning

Our work in Zambia and Sudan are two examples of dot-EDU projects:

In Zambia, EDC uses iPods to enhance professional development for teachers in mathematics, science, and English.

Read more:
http://main.edc.org/newsroom/features/ipod.asp

EDC’s Jeremy Groce trains Sudanese radio journalists to report and broadcast news in a war-torn region where the truth isn't always a given.

Read more:
http://main.edc.org/Staff/jgroce.asp

2. Mathematics: A Blend of the Old and New

A new EDC curriculum bridges the divide between innovation and tradition in mathematics by focusing on comprehension of core math concepts and less on rote memorization of facts and formulas.

Read more:
http://main.edc.org/newsroom/features/cme-project.asp

3. Opportunities in Tourism

Living in the shadows of popular tourist destinations, youth in the communities of Grants Pen in Jamaica and Agra in India struggle with poverty, and lack education and work opportunities. Through EDC-led initiatives, youths in both locales are helping themselves and their communities by working in the tourism industry.

Read more:
http://main.edc.org/newsroom/features/tourism.asp

4. Overcoming Gender Stereotypes

EDC is working with middle school girls to develop a series of videos that explore what it means to be a scientist or engineer.

Read more:
http://main.edc.org/newsroom/features/science_videos.asp

5. One Hour on AIDS

In collaboration with Education International, EDC has designed “One Hour on AIDS,” a World AIDS Day activity for schools and classrooms around the world. The activity serves as a starting point for other HIV- and AIDS-focused activities throughout the year. World AIDS Day is December 1.

Read more and download a copy of the activity kit:
http://www.ei-ie.org/efaids/en/campaigns_wad.php

6. Celebrate Inclusive Schools Week, December 3-7

Inclusive Schools Week celebrates efforts to ensure that students of all kinds—including those with disabilities and those from diverse backgrounds—are receiving high-quality education. EDC hosts the week and offers a celebration kit with ideas, lesson plans, and more.

Learn more on the Inclusive Schools Week Web site
http://www.inclusiveschools.org/

Read an interview with David Riley, director of the Inclusive Schools Week Project for EDC
http://main.edc.org/Staff/driley.asp

7. Featured Publications

The Afghanistan Literacy and Community Empowerment Program (LCEP): Final Report
By Cornelia Janke

A summary of a community development project that connected rural villages throughout Afghanistan with an integrated package of literacy, governance, and economic empowerment opportunities.

Download a copy of this publication (PDF, 4.62 MB)
http://www.equip123.net/docs/e3-LCEPFinalReport.pdf

Digging into Data with TinkerPlots™
By Amy Brodesky, Amy Doherty, and James Stoddard

Using real-world data, this book uses innovative software to help students in grades 6–8 learn essential data-analysis concepts and skills.

Read a feature article about this book
http://main.edc.org/newsroom/features/tinkerplots.asp

Experiences in Effective Prevention: The U.S. Department of Education’s Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention Models on College Campuses Grants
By William DeJong

This publication reviews and synthesizes information about effective alcohol and other drug abuse prevention programs that can be adapted for campuses.

Download a copy of this publication (PDF, 14.5 MB)
http://www.higheredcenter.org/pubs/effective-prevention.pdf

Fostering Geometric Thinking
By Mark Driscoll, Rachel Wing DiMatteo, Johannah Nikula, and Michael Egan

This book focuses on rigorous, problem-based teaching that encourages students to deepen their thinking in three key geometric strands.

Learn more about and download a sample chapter from the publisher’s Web site
http://books.heinemann.com/products/E01148.aspx

8. EDC in the News

The Patriot Ledger: “Lesson Plan for Success: With Hard Work and Planning, Schools Help Special Ed Kids Learn and Thrive,” November 13, 2007. EDC's Cynthia Mata Aguilar and Kristen Layton offer strategies for having all students—including those with disabilities—succeed.
http://ledger.southofboston.com/articles/2007/11/13/news/news03.txt

TV–5 Canada: “Mambu Elimu,” October 27, 2007. Suzanne Simard discusses EDC’s interactive radio instruction project in Tanzania.

NBC Channel 10 Minnesota: “Minority Discipline Disparity,” October 16, 2007. EDC’s work in Rochester, Minnesota, focuses on the number of school suspensions and expulsions of minority students.

The Philippine Daily Inquirer: “Children as Teacher-Facilitators for Peace,” September 30, 2007. Fifteen-year-old Alibai Alim and other children in war-torn Mindanao have returned to school with help from EDC’s EQuALLS2 project.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view_article.php?
article_id=91528

The Delaware News Journal: “‘First Steps’ in Two Languages: Bilingual Education Helps Integrate Fast-Growing Hispanic Population,” September 27, 2007. With growing immigration, preschool programs that are bilingual and multicultural are needed more than ever, according to EDC’s Costanza Eggers-Piérola.
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070927/
NEWS/709270382/-1/NEWS01

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