EDC Update | July 2023: 988 hotline, school meals, teen dating violence, and more

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EDC UPDATE  | July 2023   edc.org 988 Marks First Anniversary EDC’s Colleen Carr, director of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention, spoke with PBS NewsHour about 988, as the nation’s new crisis hotline marked one full year in service. Her remarks touched on how the service has adapted thus far and the investments needed to meet the mental health needs of our communities. Watch   Blog Post Preventing Teen Dating Violence Teen dating violence affects teens and communities in a variety of ways. To prevent it, start with these four questions from the Children’s Safety Network at EDC. Learn More   Impact Spotlight Let’s Learn Together In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, EDC’s program is improving access to quality education for all children, while also strengthening their social, emotional, and interpersonal skills. Learn More Resource Transformative Power of School Meal Programs A new briefing paper School Meal Programmes: A Missing Link in Food Systems Reform highlights the role of school meal programs in addressing hunger, education, health, and climate. Learn More Blog Post Educational Leadership in Africa Guest author Teopista Birungi Mayanja, who served as an Education Commissioner, shares her insights on transforming education leadership in Africa. Learn More Noteworthy   In an NBC News article, EDC’s Heidi Kar explains how romance investment scams combine two major causes for suicide. EDC’s Mary Burns explores issues of quality and equity in online learning based on the newly revised Distance Education for Teacher Training: Modes, Models, and Methods. In a U.S. News & World Report article, EDC’s Rebecca Jackson Stoeckle talks about transfer trauma, which can negatively impact older adults as they transfer between levels of care or facilities. Deciding which kind of educational assessment to use in different conditions and contexts can be difficult. A new REL Northeast & Islands resource helps educators make sense of their options.   About EDC        Our Work       Global Reach        Our Services        Resources Careers       Contact      Newsroom       Partner With Us DONATE       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. © 1994 – 2023 Education Development Center, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

EDC Update | June 2023: New collaboration for global education, youth mental health, and more

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EDC UPDATE  | June 2023   edc.org Education Commission Joins EDC The Education Commission, a global initiative driving inclusive, quality education worldwide, will sunset June 30, and its team and programs will join EDC. This marks the beginning of a new joint effort to confront the global education crisis and create a powerful force for change. The Education Commission’s team will sit within EDC’s International Development Division. Learn More   Award Announcement Keeping All Children Safe EDC will continue its 30 years of leading the Children’s Safety Network (CSN). CSN promotes health equity and provides resources and support to significantly reduce serious and fatal injuries to children ages 0–19. Learn More   Resource Distance Learning Guide A newly published guide from EDC focuses on how various distance education technologies—both traditional and emerging—can support the teaching and learning process. Learn More Resource Addressing Youth Mental Health A new report examines federal, state, and local efforts to improve mental health services in schools and communities, while also outlining areas for improvement and clear calls to action. Learn More EDC in the News Incorporating SEL into Global Education EDC’s Liesbet Steer talks to Devex about the importance of intentionally and systematically integrating social and emotional learning (SEL) into teaching and learning. Learn More Noteworthy   Writing in Edutopia, EDC’s Cindy Hoisington shares three strategies for instructional coaches to support early elementary teachers in science.  EDC’s Heidi Kar is interviewed by HealthDay News to discuss the increase in youth suicides and homicides and what can be done to reverse the trend. EDC’s Alisha Keirstead discusses how a program in South Sudan is addressing gender equity issues and making a difference in the lives of girls and young women. In a K12Digest opinion piece, EDC’s Katari Coleman discusses how traumatic events such as the COVID-19 pandemic and school shootings have changed the definition of school readiness.   About EDC        Our Work       Global Reach        Our Services        Resources Careers       Contact      Newsroom       Partner With Us DONATE       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. © 1994 – 2023 Education Development Center, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

EDC Announces New President and CEO

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EDC Update  /  January 5, 2023  /  edc.org EDC Names Liesbet Steer as President and CEO   Waltham, MA / The Board of Trustees for Education Development Center (EDC), a global nonprofit advancing solutions at the intersection of education, health, and economic opportunity, announced today the selection of Liesbet Steer as its next president and CEO. She comes to EDC from the Education Commission, a global initiative encouraging greater progress on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal for inclusive and equitable quality education, and she brings more than 20 years of international development and finance experience to her EDC role. She will take office on March 1, 2023.   “On behalf of our Board of Trustees and EDC staff across the globe, I am thrilled to officially welcome Liesbet Steer as our next president and CEO,” said Ciara Burnham, Chair of EDC’s Board of Trustees. “Our comprehensive search yielded the best possible result: a proven leader and researcher with the right mindset and experience to build on EDC’s six decades of improving opportunities worldwide, especially for those who are most vulnerable.”   Over two decades, Steer has served in numerous development, education, and finance roles. As a fellow at The Brookings Institution, she authored a flagship report on education investment, which led to the creation of the Education Commission, chaired by former UK Prime Minister and UN Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown. As executive director of the Commission since 2015, she has led global work on multiple key education transformations, including learning models, the education workforce, service delivery, financing, and cross-sectoral action. Prior to this, she served in policy and research roles, including as director of the ODI flagship Development Progress program, which evaluated what works in development across the world. Earlier, Steer lived for a decade in East Asia working for the World Bank and IFC in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia and also as director of economics of the Asia Foundation in Indonesia.       “It is a huge privilege to join an organization of EDC’s legacy and potential,” said Steer. “With its world-class research and analysis, and extensive delivery on-the-ground, across the globe, EDC is uniquely positioned to advance systems-level change that is necessary to tackle the world’s most pressing challenges. As we approach the half-way point towards the world’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, it is more important than ever to innovate and turn ideas into action at scale. I look forward to joining EDC’s superb team of experts who are delivering on this agenda every day.”       In her role as president and CEO of EDC, Steer will lead a team of 1,400 professionals working on learning, health, and youth and workforce development, helping to drive the organization’s strategy, growth, diversification, and impact in the United States and around the globe.   “Globally, our future relies on creating equitable access to quality education, healthcare, and economic opportunity—precisely the objective of EDC,” added Gordon Brown, United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. “Through her work at the Education Commission, Liesbet has been a leading advocate for change at scale, and I am delighted she will be able to extend the Commission’s agenda through EDC and its network of partners.”   Steer’s appointment follows the retirement announcement for Dave Offensend, who has successfully led EDC for the past seven years, guiding the organization through the pandemic and increasing EDC’s growth and impact globally. Offensend joined EDC in 2015 as president and CEO ​​following his role as the chief operating officer at the New York Public Library.   “There is no one better suited to take over as president and CEO,” added Offensend. “EDC’s next leader not only must possess deep expertise but also embody the values necessary to effectively champion our work. We found this leader in Liesbet and are grateful to have her join our team, knowing she holds dear the same mission and vision for a healthier and more equitable future which has defined EDC since its founding.”       Press Contact Spencer Turney, Media Relations Manager sturney@edc.org About EDC Our Work Global Reach Our Services Resources Careers Contact Newsroom Partner With Us Donate Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Youtube 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. © 1994 – 2023 Education Development Center, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Seasons Greetings from EDC: A Look Back and Ahead

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EDC Update  /  December 2022  /  edc.org

2022 was a year of opportunity for us to make meaningful change, together.

Across the globe, EDC staff advanced sustainable solutions to health, education, and socioeconomic challenges. This year—as is true every year—our success relied on the strength and tenacity of partners who share our vision for a bright and equitable future.    In this annual issue of EDC Update, we highlight some of our collective work and impact. Please enjoy this look back as we move forward with hope for 2023 and beyond.

Addressing Mental Health and Well-Being

Compounding mental health crises continued in 2022, and EDC responded by launching our national How We Thrive campaign. Through How We Thrive, we raised awareness of the complex factors associated with mental health and well-being, advocated for increased investment, and called public attention to urgent action and solutions, such as the national mental health hotline’s transition to 988. We also continued sharing our insights on mental health in response to the events in the news, covering wide-ranging topics from cognitive biases in parents to climate anxiety in teens.

Tackling Learning Loss

One of the intersectional issues related to mental health and well-being is the impact of learning loss from the pandemic. This year, we provided valuable evidence and expertise to shed light on these challenges, sharing research into how summer learning programs might recover and providing insights into how the pandemic actually boosted accessibility for social and emotional skill-building. We also championed e-learning in our support of technical vocational education and training (TVET) students in Rwanda and advocated for strengths-based approaches to help schools reimagine teaching practices that would better address learning loss.

Overcoming Obstacles to Youth Employment

Across the world, youth continued to experience employment challenges in 2022. EDC worked to equip young people with relevant skills to improve access to livelihood opportunities or to build and sustain their careers. We aligned ourselves with USAID’s latest youth policy and empowered Rwandan youth with disabilities through greater access to skills training through our Umurimo Kuri Bose project (i.e., “Employment for All” in Kinyarwanda). Through the USAID/DRC Integrated Youth Development Activity, we provided opportunities for youth to access foundational literacy and soft skills as well as develop work readiness and entrepreneurship skills.

Promoting Literacy Around the Globe

This year, we continued to scale our successful work to foster literacy. We worked to provide classrooms with more books in students’ first languages through the Global Book Alliance. To that end, our work with the Selective Integrated Reading Activity in Mali helped primary school students improve their reading proficiency in Bamanankan, Mali’s most widely spoken first language. Through new publications and national presentations, EDC experts also provided insights on the impact of media literacy in the classroom, the importance of critical data literacy, and how educational television can teach young children more complex reading skills.

Building the Workforce of the Future

Are we adequately preparing our children for the careers of tomorrow? We continued seeking answers to this question, engaging communities to boost accessibility and training for the workforce of the future. In 2022, we launched the Our World, Our Work campaign—a 10-year initiative to accelerate youth employment in the green and blue economies. In addition, we published a new work on equity and the future of work, advocated for rural communities as vibrant engines for innovation and leveraged our long-standing expertise in STEM education. We also urged more investment in a better STEM career pipeline for women veterans and hosted the STEM-OPS Annual Convening, which gathered experts and justice-impacted communities to advocate for greater STEM training for incarcerated individuals.

Promoting Equity and Opportunity for All

Alongside our work to support a diverse and accessible workforce of the future, we continued our long-standing commitment to foster more evidence-based equitable opportunities in our partner communities. As part of that focus, we provided public health professionals with advice on conducting health surveys for LGBTQI+ youth and fostered conversations on the movement to decolonize mental health care. We also made a call-to-action for harnessing the strength and skills of adolescent girls around the world in the fight against climate change and shared the impact of our Beauty and Joy of Computing program, an introductory curriculum for students to envision a career path in computer science.

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EDC Update | Year in Review

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EDC UPDATE  |  December 2021   edc.org 2021 in Review 2021 was another historic year. For us at EDC, it was both remarkable in what we were able to deliver—and challenging as we all continued to experience the long-term disruption and devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite it all, we continued to show up, collaborate, and work toward solutions that create hope, opportunity, and inclusion. We thank you, our partners and champions, for your ongoing support and we look forward to all that we can create together in 2022. In this issue of EDC Update, we share some of our highlights from 2021. We hope they will inform and inspire you as we all close one year and begin another.   Elevating Mental Health The mental health impact of the pandemic touched every corner of society. In 2021, we helped drive the conversation around this issue with opinion pieces about the mental health crisis facing young people, as well as why we must, and how we can, prevent suicide among law enforcement.   Empowering Children & Youth We marveled at the resilience of young people in 2021. At EDC, we launched an historic project to support children and youth in Uganda. We also celebrated the success of a workforce development program that benefited 40,000 young Rwandans. Championing Early Education With early education at a tipping point in the United States in 2021, we offered ideas for stabilizing the system that focus on supporting the teachers. We also celebrated our work to bring learning materials to a community in need. Doubling Down on STEM The future will require even more STEM skills for people everywhere. That’s why we are calling for increased investments in rural STEM education in 2021 and beyond. It’s also why we remain dedicated to expanding opportunities for women veterans in the high-tech workforce. Standing for Social Justice A more equitable world demands everybody has a voice. In 2021, we examined the link between data literacy and social justice. We also addressed systemic racism in public health. Improving Learning with Tech One of the biggest lessons from the past two years—learning can happen anywhere. In 2021, EDC researchers found that public media can inspire learning, and we continued to use radio to deliver instruction in some of the hardest-to-reach places in the world. About EDC        Our Work       Global Reach        Our Services        Resources Careers       Contact      Newsroom       Partner With Us DONATE       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. © 1994 – 2021 Education Development Center, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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