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, continuing a 20-year trend. In this episode, EDC’s Jerry Reed and Kristen Quinlan break down the new data.

Breaking Down New CDC Data on Suicide

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 express their ideas: through computer programming. In this episode of Mosaic, Goldenberg and Reed discuss why they think programming is an effective tool for expressing mathematical ideas. They also share stories from the classroom.

Could Computer Programming Help Children Learn Math?

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 learning? In this episode, we hear from two science educators about the current state of elementary science education: Rebecca Katsh-Singer, the science curriculum coordinator for the Westborough Public Schools, and EDC’s Abigail Jurist Levy, who directs the Coalition for Elementary Science.

Teaching elementary science during the pandemic

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 Carrie Lewis discuss why IAI is so well suited to deliver education to millions during the pandemic, and how Ministries of Education can begin implementing these educational programs at scale.

How can interactive audio instruction support primary education during the pandemic?

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.

Intro music is “Rain on Lake Erie”, from http://www.purple-planet.com