"Any time you think you've got a rule, forget about it," says Paul Cirioni, Massachusetts's coordinator of homeless education. Recognizing that each situation is unique, Educating Homeless Children (EDC) is finding ways to assist Cirioni and other New England state coordinators who work to ensure adequate schooling for the nation's estimated 1 million homeless children.
With a course called Online Genetics, a new interactive web site, students can use genetics simulations to tinker with a family's inherited traits or conduct DNA analyses on blood samples collected from a crime scene.
New writing software is designed for students with learning disabilities. That's what led EDC researchers to develop "Draft: Builder," a software tool designed to assist students with organizing their thoughts, taking notes, and creating a draft outline. "Draft: Builder" has been created, adapted, and fine-tuned over many years and it's about to be tested by students in New Jersey.
Researchers from EDC's Health and Human Development programs have joined with colleagues in Botswana to develop prevention education and materials, along with a national strategy to address HIV/AIDS through schools.#