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Notre Dame’s Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child Releases Five-Year Review of Research, Learning, and Global Impact

The University of Notre Dame’s Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child (GC-DWC), part of the Institute for Educational Initiatives (IEI), has released its Five-Year Review , highlighting a half-decade of impact, innovation, and research in support of children and youth facing adversity...

BDE Award Haiti, Global Center for Whole Child

Notre Dame’s Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child Receives Honorary Recognition for Commitment to Catholic Education in Haiti

The Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child (GC-DWC), part of the Institute for Educational Initiatives (IEI) at the University of Notre Dame, is pleased to receive an honorary plaque from Haiti’s Bureau Diocésain de l'Éducation (BDE) of Jérémie. This recognition highlights the GC-DWC's...

Haiti

GC-DWC Awarded $2.06 Million Grant from Porticus to Expand Safe & Inclusive Schools Initiative Across Haiti’s Grand North

Building on TML 1.0, “TML 2.0: Each One, Teach One” shifts operational leadership to national Catholic education partners and expands Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) to reach 65,000 students across three departments. August 2026— The University of Notre Dame’s Global Center for the Development...

GC-DWC/LGF Uganda Study

GC-DWC and Partners Redefine How Teacher Agency Drives School Success in Uganda

Lasting improvements in school systems cannot be driven solely from the top down; they rely on the professional expertise and commitment of the educators standing at the front of the classroom. Policy changes achieve very little if they fail to consider the lived realities of those implementing them...

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