June 15, 2005 - Issue # 11

Education Development Center, Inc.

Improving Education and Health Worldwide

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In this issue:

INTERNATIONAL
1. Actor Tom Hanks Donates 1,000 Radios for Use by EDC Project in Tanzania
2. Laura Bush Visits EDC Project in Afghanistan
3. EDC Works to Achieve Gender Equity in Peru

UNITED STATES
4. Mentoring Program Assists Children with Incarcerated Mothers
5. EDC Project Supports Middle School in Improvement Effort
6. Resource Center Helps Teens Discover Careers in Science and Technology
7. EDC Study Focuses on Dangers to Children in Parked Cars

FEATURED EDC RESOURCES
8. EDC in the News: Selected Media Coverage
9. Featured Web Tour: Science Curricula
10. Featured Publication: The Changing Mathematics Curriculum: An Annotated Bibliography

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1. Actor Tom Hanks Donates 1,000 Radios for Use by EDC Project in Tanzania

A donation from actor Tom Hanks to the Freeplay Foundation will provide EDC’s distance education program in Tanzania with 1,000 radios. The radios will deliver a literacy and life skills curriculum to 15,000 children with little or no access to formal education.

Read more:
http://ies.edc.org/projects/TanzaniaFreeplay.htm

2. Laura Bush Visits EDC Project in Afghanistan

During her recent trip to Afghanistan, First Lady Laura Bush visited the EDC-operated Women’s Teacher Training Institute in Kabul. The institute is part of the USAID-funded Afghanistan Literacy and Community Empowerment Program (LCEP)--an integrated community development initiative that focuses on literacy, building capacity for income generation, and local governance.

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

3. EDC Works to Achieve Gender Equity in Peru

As part of the Peru CAPTIC project, EDC conducted a series of workshops on gender equity in both the public and private spheres. The workshops introduced participants to the latest research-based practice on equitable classroom strategies and techniques, and how to create and maintain gender-healthy online communities. CAPTIC is designed to bring information and communication technologies (ICTs) to rural Peru to help teachers provide active, student-centered learning as well as opportunities for students and teachers to work and learn together.

Read more:
http://dot-edu.edc.org/projects/PeruStory2.htm

4. Mentoring Program Assists Children with Incarcerated Mothers

EDC, in partnership with Aid to Incarcerated Mothers (AIM), is training a cadre of mentors to support children whose mothers are in prison. The project’s goal is to minimize the impact of separation and incarceration on the child, and improve the bonds between imprisoned parents and their children.

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

5. EDC Project Supports Middle School Improvement Effort

The Martin Luther King Middle School in Monroe, Louisiana faces a number of challenges in becoming academically excellent, responsive to the developmental needs of young adolescents, and socially equitable. To assist in their efforts at improvement, the school contacted EDC’s AIM at Middle-Grades Results project, a comprehensive school reform program that assists middle-grades schools in becoming high-performing learning organizations.

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

6. Resource Center Helps Teens Discover Careers in Science and Technology

Across the country more than 30 interactive projects are underway, introducing middle school science teachers and students to the wide range of careers available in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Known collectively as the ITest projects, they deliver hands-on, career-oriented projects to teens in after-school settings and teachers in summer institutes. EDC supports the initiative with the ITest Learning Resource Center (LRC).

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

7. EDC Study Focuses on Dangers to Children in Parked Cars

Many deaths of young children in parked motor vehicles can be prevented, according to a recent EDC study. Such steps as keeping unoccupied cars locked, educating parents, implementing informed child care transportation policies, passing relevant laws, and working with auto and child safety seat manufacturers to build in warnings and other design features are effective, the study says.

Read more:
http://hhd.org/hhdnews/hhdstories/fs_03_2005.asp

8. EDC in the News: Selected Media Coverage

"Abuse common among dating teens, study finds" from MSNBC.com, June 9, 2005.
EDC is developing a teen dating violence curriculum, "Love is Not Abuse," funded by clothing maker Liz Claiborne, Inc.

"Study: These factors retard digital teaching" from eSchool News, June 1, 2005.
EDC researchers Katherine Hanson and Bethany Carlson discuss their study, "Effective Access: Teachers’ Use of Digital Resources in STEM Teaching."

"Scientist teaches with everyday items" from The Boston Globe, May 29, 2005.
Longtime educator Bernie Zubrowski of EDC’s Center for Science Education is profiled.

"Booze binge fad alarming colleges" from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 16, 2005.
Discussing a form of binge drinking called the "power hour," EDC’s Beth DeRicco of the Center for College Health and Safety is quoted.

9. Featured Web Tour: Science Curricula

For decades, EDC has been a leader in designing innovative science curriculum materials and advising schools and districts on selecting and implementing curricula that best meets their specific educational needs.

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

10. Featured Publication: The Changing Mathematics Curriculum: An Annotated Bibliography

This publication is intended for educators and communities considering the selection or implementation of Standards-based mathematics instructional materials.

Read more:
https://secure.edc.org/publications/prodview.asp?1655

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