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Education Development Center (EDC) is a global nonprofit that advances lasting solutions to improve education, promote health, and expand economic opportunity. Since 1958, we have been a leader in designing, implementing, and evaluating powerful and innovative programs in more than 80 countries around the world.
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Ep. 40: Making STEM more Equitable from 2021-06-24T13:00:19
As the pace of innovation in science and technology continues to accelerate, there is tremendous opportunity—and need—for women and people of color to join the STEM workforce. In this podcast, EDC’...
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Ep. 39: Building STEM Pathways for Women Veterans from 2021-04-21T16:48:08
Women veterans of the U.S. military have all the skills needed for success in STEM fields, but they remain underrepresented in high-tech industries. In this podcast, we meet two women veterans who ...
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Ep. 38: What Has the Pandemic Revealed about Distance Learning? from 2021-03-17T14:19:58
It’s been one full year since schools around the world pivoted to distance learning as a preventive measure against the coronavirus. In this podcast, Amanda Devercelli, the global lead for Early Ch...
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Ep. 37: How Are Rural Schools Faring in the Pandemic? from 2020-12-09T15:13:37
2020 has been an exceptionally different—and difficult—school year for many of the 9 million students who attend rural schools in the United States. Not only has hybrid and remote learning has repl...
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Ep. 36: Beyond Police-Free Schools from 2020-09-10T16:24:28
This past June, the Minneapolis school board voted to terminate its contract with the city’s police department. It was a big victory for the police-free schools movement, which seeks to shift schoo...
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Ep. 35: Building a STEM Pathway Through Prison from 2020-07-29T14:34:26
Over the past 25 years, prison education programs that teach STEM skills have been cut, effectively preventing individuals who are incarcerated from entering the STEM workforce after they have serv...
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Ep. 34: How can interactive audio instruction support primary education during the pandemic? from 2020-06-18T14:02:33
For more than thirty years, interactive audio instruction (IAI) has been used to improve education in remote and impoverished communities around the world. In this episode, EDC’s Kit Yasin and Carr...
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Ep. 33: Teaching elementary science during the pandemic from 2020-06-10T13:23:09
Tracking shadows, planting seeds, and exploring the natural world are all core to science learning in the elementary classroom. How have these activities changed now that all students are distance ...
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Ep. 32: Could Computer Programming Help Children Learn Math? from 2020-04-22T20:35:07
As any teacher can tell you, elementary school children often struggle to record their mathematical ideas on paper. So EDC’s Paul Goldenberg and Kristen Reed are giving children a different way to ...
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Ep. 31: How Should School Administrators Assess SEL? from 2020-04-08T13:53:56
In many schools, social and emotional learning (SEL) now takes place alongside traditional core subjects like mathematics, English, and social studies. In this episode, EDC’s Diana Wogan and Josh C...
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Ep. 30: Making the switch to online teaching from 2020-04-02T16:07:54
With COVID-19 temporarily closing school buildings around the world, many educators are now being asked to teach online. In this episode of Mosaic, EDC’s Kirsten Peterson and Zoe Baptista offer som...
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Ep. 29 Breaking Down New CDC Data on Suicide from 2020-02-26T14:33:58
A newly released report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that while overall life expectancy in the United States ticked up in 2018, the rate of suicide increased as well, co...
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Ep. 28: How Can Schools Prepare Students for the Jobs of the Future? from 2020-02-18T17:46:42
As advances in technology continue to reshape the American workplace, how well are schools preparing young people for the opportunities that await them? In this episode of Mosaic, EDC’s Joyce Malyn...
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Tackling Inequity in the Mathematics Classroom from 2020-01-27T15:08:10
Babette Moeller and Matt McLeod discuss their efforts to make mathematics teaching more equitable.
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A Community Approach to Reading from 2019-11-05T19:00:24
Adwoa Atta-Krah discusses how the unique approach of a program in Mali is making a difference by helping children learn to read.
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Growing an Early Interest in Science from 2019-08-27T13:28:38
Cindy Hoisington discusses changing perceptions about what “doing science” means and describes efforts to work with schools and families to inspire the next generation of scientists.
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Addressing Veteran Suicide from 2019-08-19T15:55:03
Jerry Reed, a suicide prevention expert and Navy veteran himself, discusses what the Veterans Administration is doing to prevent suicide among veterans and comments on the importance of taking a pu...
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The Voice of Experience from 2019-07-18T14:46:33
Individuals with lived experience can bring an important perspective to suicide prevention efforts.
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Helping All Children Learn and Thrive from 2019-04-30T19:17:02
David Jacobson describes the First 10 Schools and Communities model and also shares observations from promising early childhood programs across the country.
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Addressing the Opioid Crisis through Home Visiting from 2019-04-25T14:56:39
Loraine Lucinski discusses how parents’ opioid misuse affects children and infants, and how home visiting programs are critical to supporting families who struggle with substance misuse.
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Crisis, Conflict, and Resilience from 2019-04-22T14:41:05
Cornelia Janke describes the challenges faced by young people living in crisis and conflict zones around the world and what the international community can do to support the creation of societies t...
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How Schools Can Support Students Affected by Opioids from 2019-04-02T15:11:57
Shai Fuxman and Julie Riordan discuss how traumatic experiences can affect kids at school and highlight some programs that are making a difference.
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Accelerating Education in Liberia from 2019-03-11T21:29:32
Denise Clarke-Reeves and Sarah Nogueira Sanca discuss why an estimated 300,000 Liberian children do not attend school and how EDC’s work is helping to get more children back into the classroom.
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Using Technology to Promote Language Learning from 2019-02-19T18:38:18
Kit Yasin discusses the importance of speaking in language development and shares a clip of a Honduran student using the new program EDC is developing in collaboration with Skype.
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The Road to Reading in Mali from 2019-01-03T21:46:16
Thelma Khelghati discusses what it takes to promote literacy in resource-lean environments.
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Raising an AIDS-free Generation in South Africa from 2018-11-28T18:42:54
Viwe Mtshontshi discusses how comprehensive sexuality education is connecting youth with health services and helping to change attitudes about health and sexuality.
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A Voice for Elementary Science from 2018-11-26T17:38:52
Abigail Jurist Levy discusses the Coalition for Elementary Science and describes how to inspire young students’ interest in the subject.
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EDC at 60: A Legacy of Innovation from 2018-10-15T14:02:18
President David Offensend discusses EDC’s legacy of innovation, as well as our impact on education, health, and workforce development.
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Bonnie Lipton on Preventing Suicide on Campus from 2018-09-13T14:32:25
Bonnie Lipton discusses some of the current ways that colleges and universities are addressing the need for mental health and suicide prevention programs.
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Gary Langis on Implementing Post-Overdose Programs from 2018-08-29T19:59:50
Gary Langis discusses strategies that can play a significant role in keeping individuals alive in the days and weeks following an overdose.
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Erin Smith on Health Services for Women Veterans from 2018-07-17T17:38:43
Erin Smith talks about some of the barriers to care faced by women veterans. She also discusses Women Vets on Point, a new outreach program from EDC and U.S. VETS.
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Shai Fuxman on the Importance of Prevention from 2018-06-26T16:29:11
Shai Fuxman discusses the critical role that upstream prevention efforts play in helping to prevent opioid abuse.
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Kim Dash and Kristen Quinlan on the Use of Evidence in Designing Effective Programs from 2018-06-26T16:27:33
Kim Dash and Kristen Quinlan discuss how to use existing and emerging research to build substance abuse prevention programs that work—and that last.
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Dodi Swope and Chuck Klevgaard on Collaborating with Diverse Partners from 2018-06-26T16:25:27
Dodi Swope and Chuck Klevgaard offer ideas for how health professionals, social services, and policymakers can work together to prevent opioid abuse.
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Shari Kessel Schneider on e-cigarettes and Juuling from 2018-06-25T16:26:46
Shari Kessel Schneider discusses what parents and educators need to know about the increasing popularity of new forms of smoking, like e-cigarettes and Juuls.
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Sarah Ivan on Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) from 2018-05-15T14:19:56
Sarah Ivan describes how prescription drug monitoring programs work and why they have so much potential to turn the tide against opioid abuse.
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Carrie Parker on Supporting English Learners from 2018-04-25T17:07:46
Carrie Parker on Supporting English Learners by EDC
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Leslie Goodyear on "Speaking Truth to Power" in Evaluation from 2018-03-19T15:21:38
Intro music is “Rain on Lake Erie”, from http://www.purple-planet.com
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