Notre Dame, Indiana— The Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child (GC-DWC) in the Institute for Educational Initiatives (IEI) at the University of Notre Dame has been awarded a $1.1 million grant from Porticus to continue its groundbreaking work in advancing Whole Child Development (WCD)...

February 29th, 2024 — The University of Notre Dame’s For Good initiative recently hosted a panel conversation featuring professor and director of the Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child (GC-DWC), Neil Boothby, in conversation with Dr. Carrie Quinn, pediatrician and executive...

Welcome to Advance Copy, a look at the people, perspectives, and scholarship of the Institute for Educational Initiatives, home to the University of Notre Dame’s initiatives advancing its long-standing commitment to the future of K-12 schools. Meet: Neil Boothby Just Launched: Invest in our Youth...

December 13th, 2023 — Why is getting it right in the first 1,000 days of life critical for individuals, communities, and nations, and what does the science tell us? Neil Boothby, the founding director of the Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child (GC-DWC), answers these questions in a...

As we look ahead to 2023, the Institute for Educational Initiatives asked center directors what they feel are the most pressing issues facing education. Neil Boothby, Director of the Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child, discussed out-of-school children as a major obstacle facing...

Addressing global poverty is no small task. Just a quick look at the numbers can be quite daunting: according to the United Nations in 2015, 736 million people lived below the international poverty line (U.S. $1.90 a day). Globally, in 2018, nearly 8% of workers and their families lived on less than...