ERIC Number: ED499251
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 28
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Transforming Lives. EDC Annual Report, 2006
Davis-Kay, Jennifer, Ed.
Education Development Center, Inc.
Highlights of the 2006 Annual Report include: (1) Program outreach to more than half a million teachers in all 50 states and 50 countries outside of the U.S. via distance-learning tools to provide teachers in some of the poorest and most remote regions of the world with up-to-date materials and training; (2) Advisors to the board of the National Coalition for Literacy, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Advisory Committee, the National High School Center working group that functions as a best-practices clearinghouse for top issues in high school reform, and the American Mathematical Society Committee on Education; (3) Helping the United States prepare the next generation of workers, creators, and leaders in science- and technology-related fields; (4) Health and education research; and (5) Working with governments and agencies around the world to improve nations' health and education: Selected project examples are described, and a financial overview is provided.
Descriptors: Human Services, School Restructuring, Advisory Committees, Annual Reports, Outreach Programs, Distance Education, Science Education, Technology Education, Health Promotion, Educational Improvement, Clearinghouses, Research and Development
Education Development Center, Inc. 43 Foundry Avenue, Waltham, MA 02453. Tel: 617-969-7100; Fax: 617-969-5979; e-mail: contact@edc.org; Web site: http://ltd.edc.org
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Education Development Center, Inc., Newton, MA.
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