November 30, 2004 - Issue # 9

Education Development Center, Inc.

Improving Education and Health Worldwide

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In this issue:

INTERNATIONAL
1. Technology and Learning in Peru: A Virtual Field Trip
2. EDC Expands Program in Southeast Asia for Orphans Affected by AIDS

UNITED STATES
3. Industry-Education Collaboration Helps Prepare Workers for Challenging, Evolving Occupations
4. EDC Conducts Research to Improve Science Education in Boston Public
Schools
5. EDC Project Director Cindy Mata Aguilar Discusses Her Interests in
Culture, Diversity, and Whole-School Change

FEATURED EDC RESOURCES
6. Web Tour: Health and Safety Issues on Campus
7. Publication: Working Together: Creating a Fabric of Partnership
for Sustainable Youth Employment

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1. Technology and Learning in Peru: A Virtual Field Trip

Download an audiovisual slide show about EDC's project with Peru's Ministry of Education to improve education quality and promote digital literacy in Peru's Junin, Pasco, and Ucayali regions.

English version:
http://main.edc.org/newsroom/features/peru_slideshow.asp

Versión en Español: http://main.edc.org/newsroom/features/peru_slideshow_spanish.asp

2. EDC Expands Program in Southeast Asia for Orphans Affected by AIDS

The EDC-Deutsche Bank HIV/AIDS project works with health officials and an NGO in Thailand to address the educational needs of children affected by AIDS. Because of its success in Thailand, the project has been extended to parts of Cambodia and Vietnam where the number of children orphaned by AIDS is on the rise.

Read more: http://hhd.org/hhdnews/hhdstories/fs_10_2004.asp

UNITED STATES

3. Industry-Education Collaboration Helps Prepare Workers for Challenging, Evolving Occupations

EDC is partnering with New Hampshire Community Technical College to identify the skills and knowledge students need to work in the bioscience industry. The project, the Northeast Biomanufacturing Collaborative, also strengthens relationships between education institutions and bioscience companies.

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

4. EDC Conducts Research to Improve Science Education in Boston Public Schools

EDC researchers contribute to this science education project in the Boston Public Schools, in partnership with local universities. EDC research will focus on changes in teachers, faculty, and universities and assess the universities' ability to sustain their improvements.

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

5. EDC Project Director Cindy Mata Aguilar Discusses Her Interests in Culture, Diversity, and Whole-School Change

In this interview, the latest in a series of spotlights on EDC staff, Aguilar discusses working with teachers and conducting research to improve education throughout the United States. Many of her projects focus on inclusive education-- a schoolwide commitment to educating all students to high standards, including students with disabilities, English-language learners, and students of color.

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

FEATURED EDC RESOURCES

6. Web Tour: Health and Safety Issues on Campus

Take a look at several EDC resources for campus administrators, college students, police, and parents.

Read more: http://main.edc.org/tours/college.asp

7. Publication: Working Together: Creating a Fabric of Partnership for Sustainable Youth Employment

The Youth Employment Summit (YES) campaign builds the capacity of young people to create sustainable livelihoods and establish an entrepreneurial culture where young people will work toward self-employment. This report highlights how youth-led YES Networks in 69 countries are working innovatively and collaboratively with diverse groups to initiate new policies and programs and to implement projects.

Read more: https://secure.edc.org/publications/prodview.asp?1635

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