Caribbean Teacher Education Colleges Address Student Health Faculty from teacher education colleges in the Caribbean met March 26 to April 5 for professional development workshops in training future teachers to promote health and prevent disease among students. Choose Curricula Schools adopting standards-based curricula in mathematics, language arts, and science can now rely on EDC's new curriculum guides, which identify the components of academically excellent curricula and provide an overview of curriculum adoption process. To Offer Input on Global Digital Access Concerned that the developing world is lagging in the use of communications and information technology, the G8 nations formed the Digital Opportunity Task Force. Center for Science Education Reaches Underserved Areas with Reform Curricula Working with leaders in ten regions of the country, the Science Curriculum Dissemination Center helps local districts choose and implement reform science curricula. Innovative Technology Partnerships The Education Braintrust of the Congressional Black Caucus presents awards for seven pioneering public-private technology partnerships.
New study finds gains in student vocabularies follow teacher training in early literacy.
A Tool Kit for Early Childhood Science Education EDC tool kit opens science learning to pre-school students. A new study finds that users of community technology centers maintain long-term relationships with centers, in addition to developing work and life skills. The Impact Mathematics curriculum brings a full year of algebra study to middle school students. Violence Prevention EDC researcher Joan Serra Hoffman awarded Rockefeller fellowship to study violence prevention in the US and Latin American. The Action Reflection Process, a new EDC website, supports inquiry-based science for all students.