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Zambia QUESTT IRI
Zambia-QUESTT-IRI.pdfAs Zambia’s out-of-school orphan population soared to 800,000 in 2000, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) supported the creation of the Taonga Market...
View ArticleLiberian Stories for Youth I
These stories were developed through the support of USAID’s Core Education Skills for Liberian Youth (CESLY) program. The USAID/CESLY project sought to improve educational opportunities and outcomes...
View ArticleLiberian Stories for Youth II: Sonie's Story Series
The following stories were developed through the support of USAID’s Core Education Skills for Liberian Youth (CESLY) program. The project helps Liberian young people develop the skills and attitudes...
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Remote Learning during COVID-19: EDC Interactive Audio Instruction Finds New...
June 24, 2020Simon JamesEDC, through the USAID Global Book Alliance in Action (GBAIA) program, is delighted to work with the Global Digital Library to provide interactive audio instruction (IAI) to...
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A Second Chance at Hope for Incarcerated Youth
July 15, 2020Sabeen Hassanali FaizullahToday, as we celebrate World Youth Skills Day (July 15), we shine a light on how soft skills are laying the path toward better livelihoods for those who need it...
View ArticleGirma Project
Niger is affected by long-standing crises that limit the consistent delivery of basic education and the availability of employment. It remains one of the poorest countries in the world. Fifty-eight...
View ArticleOpportunity 2.0
In the Philippines, as many as 3 million youth aged 16–24 are not in school, are not gainfully employed, and have not finished college or postsecondary education. While the Philippine government has...
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Media Literacy Toolbox
Media Literacy ToolboxTo effectively participate in a democratic society, young people and adults need to understand how they are being influenced. EDC’s media literacy toolbox includes activities,...
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Adolescent Girls Need More than Paper Dreams
October 8, 2020Hannah KuntzI like inspirational quotes. As a teen growing up in the U.S., my notebooks were plastered with cut-out words—“The sky is the limit.” and “If you can imagine it, you can...
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Educator Assessment of Learners’ Soft Skills Ability (EALSA)
EALSA.pdfEDC developed the Educator Assessment of Learners’ Soft Skills Ability (EALSA), a formative soft skills assessment, for use with secondary and tertiary students in East and West Africa. The...
View ArticleDeveloping Abilities and Knowledge for Careers in Design and Engineering for...
With up to 1 in 59 children on the autism spectrum, supporting the learning of students with autism and the relevant workforce preparation is critical. Yet schools and out-of-school time programs...
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Thoughts on World Radio Day
February 11, 2021Stephen AnzaloneOne day 20 years ago, I found myself in Zambia standing outdoors under a blazing sun. On that day—to my surprise—the full power of education by radio hit me right...
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Out-of-School Time and the Black Community
February 23, 2021Katari ColemanMany years ago, I remember the frustration of seeking afterschool care for my son as he entered public kindergarten. School ended two hours earlier than the child care...
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NASA@ My Library Evaluation
STEM literacy is key to many jobs and vital to making informed decisions. Yet STEM literacy in the United States continues to lag behind that of other countries. Public libraries are ideal environments...
View ArticleUSAID/Integrated Child And Youth Development (ICYD) Activity in Uganda
Children and youth make up more than 75 percent of Uganda’s population. Among them, vulnerable youth—particularly adolescent girls and young women, children with disabilities, orphans, and those living...
View ArticleIllinois State Board of Education Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community...
Visit ResourceSince 2013, EDC has conducted annual statewide evaluations of the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) Program. This...
View ArticleDeveloping Abilities and Knowledge for Careers in Design and Engineering for...
Across the United States, more and more neurodiverse young people are being integrated into inclusive schools and out-of-school programs. Teachers and afterschool providers need effective approaches to...
View ArticleTransforming Preschoolers’ Spatial Orientation Learning
Research suggests that children’s preschool mathematics knowledge is a predictor of later academic success and that strong spatial-thinking skills are key to children’s readiness for kindergarten and...
View ArticleVirtual First Job Program
For youth poised to transition to work during the COVID-19 pandemic, they had one of their most effective resources for support—access to social capital—restricted. Particularly for vulnerable youth...
View ArticleLa Fuerza-STEM: Building on Latinx Families’ Strengths to Model and Promote...
Latinx children make up 25 percent of the U.S. child population. However, Latinx adults comprise only 7 percent of the STEM workforce. This underrepresentation speaks to the lack of opportunities for...
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