Media Coverage

School Library Journal

February 2, 2012

Public Television Channel THIRTEEN (WNET/NY) is launching Flight to Freedom, its second free interactive history game in its “Mission US” series. An EDC study of the first game in the series found “measurable gains in students’ historical knowledge and skills,” and found positive feedback from teachers.

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USAID FrontLines

January 31, 2012

Scott Isbrandt, director of EDC’s PAJE-Nieta (Support Project for Young Entrepreneurs) program, says any education project must look at health, democracy, and other related factors to be successful.

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USAID FrontLines

January 12, 2012

The new issue of USAID FrontLines highlights EDC’s use of radio in the world’s newest nation to educate and inform people.

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Education Week

January 11, 2012

EDC’s Peggy Clements discusses research from the Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast and Islands about the benefits of an online algebra course.

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The Akron Beacon Journal (Ohio)

January 8, 2012

The Suicide Prevention Resource Center at EDC offers advice on how to memorialize people who have committed suicide.

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USA Today

December 31, 2011

EDC co-sponsored a special report on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education in USA Today that appeared over New Year’s weekend. The report, prepared by Media Planet, was distributed in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, and Cleveland, reaching more than three million readers.

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ABC News

December 26, 2011

In a blog post EDC research about the educational benefits of video games is cited.

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USAID Impact Blog

December 22, 2011

In the midst of the severe drought in Somalia, an EDC project is giving youth in the country an opportunity to earn money while increasing access to safe drinking water.

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MetroWest Daily News

December 18, 2011

Shari Kessel Schneider discusses the methodology of EDC’s research concerning the sending of explicit text messages (“sexting”) by teens who took part in the MetroWest (MA) Adolescent Health Survey. The biannual survey is funded by the MetroWest Health Foundation.

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Education Week

December 13, 2011

The Inside School Research blog features Peggy Clements of the Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast and Islands at EDC discussing a new study about the impact of an online algebra course.

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U.S. News & World Report

December 5, 2011

EDC’s Shari Kessel Schneider discusses the prevalence of teens sending and receiving sexually explicit text messages (sexting). Her comments are based on the results of the biannual MetroWest (MA) Adolescent Health Survey funded by the MetroWest Health Foundation.

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London Free Press (Canada)

November 29, 2011

EDC research about teenagers sending and receiving sexually explicit text messages (sext) is cited.

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Boston Globe

November 17, 2011

EDC researcher Shari Kessel discusses the findings of a new study that compares cyberbullying and school bullying and their associations with psychological distress among high school students in MetroWest Boston (read the EDC press release). The study, funded by the MetroWest Health Foundation, is published in the January issue of the American Journal of Public Health.

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USAID Impact Blog

November 16, 2011

Fire and Gold is a soap opera created by EDC that educates young people in Somalia on how to manage their finances.

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ABC News

November 10, 2011

Shari Kessel Schneider discusses EDC research on the sending of explicit text messages (“sexting”) by teens who took part in the MetroWest (MA) Adolescent Health Survey. The biannual survey is funded by the MetroWest Health Foundation.

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U.S. News & World Report

November 2, 2011

Shari Kessel Schneider discusses EDC research on the sending of explicit text messages (“sexting”) by teens who took part in the MetroWest (MA) Adolescent Health Survey. The biannual survey is funded by the MetroWest Health Foundation.

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Manila Bulletin

November 1, 2011

EDC’s Beng Anago discuses efforts in the Philippines to empower schools and communities to identify their own education needs, and plan and implement projects to address them.

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AllAfrica

October 29, 2011

EDC’s Melanie Sany discusses the efforts of the Akazi Kanoze project to provide youth in Rwanda with livelihoods.

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Financial Times

October 28, 2011

EDC’s Shelley Pasnik discusses the innovative use of videos by the Khan Academy to teach students.

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Education Week

October 26, 2011

EDC’s Barbara Treacy describes online professional development opportunities for school principals and administrators.

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Education Week

October 14, 2011

EDC’s Robert Spielvogel and Norma Evans discuss the use of U.S. learning and teaching models in international settings.

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Education Week

October 12, 2011

EDC’s Claudia Rinaldi discusses using data to help teachers make better decisions about special education referrals.

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Manila Bulletin

October 5, 2011

EDC’s Beng Añago in the Philippines describes how improving teachers’ reading skills has led to higher levels of achievement for students.

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ED. Magazine (Harvard Graduate School of Education)

October 1, 2011

EDC’s Heidi Larson, Kirsten Peterson, and Alex Dreier are exploring the use of mobile phones and Twitter to provide educators with professional development.

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USAID FrontLines

September 13, 2011

EDC’s South Sudan Interactive Radio Instruction is providing learning opportunities and civic education to students and others who do not have the opportunity to receive an education in the world’s newest nation.

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The Sun Chronicle

August 15, 2011

Nearly half of all middle school students have been victims of bullying, according to a recent adolescent health survey conducted by EDC’s Health and Human Development Division. The results are informing an anti-bullying initiative in several Massachusetts communities.

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The Indianapolis Star

August 2, 2011

John Rosiak of the National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention talks about truancy in this story in The Indianapolis Star.

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msnbc.com

July 22, 2011

EDC’s Cornelia Brunner says there is no one single answer to “what’s the right age to give kids a cellphone?”

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WNYC (New York Public Radio)

July 18, 2011

On The Leonard Lopate Show, EDC’s Shelley Pasnik answers questions from the host and call-in audience about the benefits and drawbacks of children using technology.

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Chronicle of Philanthropy

June 30, 2011

In southern Sudan, EDC uses radio to provide nearly 150,000 students in 600 elementary schools with instruction in English, math, their local language, and basic skills.

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