Media Coverage

In a letter to the editor, EDC’s Ilene Kantrov discusses career academies and the Ford Next Generation Learning initiative as models for preparing young people for a range of postsecondary and career opportunities.

An EDC project is improving the skills of South Sudanese teachers, most of whom lack the necessary skills to teach in the country’s schools.

The USAID Teacher Education Project in Pakistan, implemented by EDC, awarded scholarships to 115 future educators. The scholarship program is just one part of the $75 million USAID Teacher Education Project designed to educate current and future teachers throughout Pakistan.

EDC research on teens sending sexually explicit text messages (sexting) is cited.

Project LAUNCH provides assistance to help meet the mental and behavioral health care needs of children from birth to age 8.

The 11 year old voice actor who is helping children in Rwanda learn math, reading, and writing skills through EDC’s Literacy, Language, and Learning (L3) Initiative is profiled.

EDC’s Barbara Treacy of EdTech Leaders Online discusses the benefits for teachers’ use of technology in online professional development.

In a blog post, EDC’s David Riley of the Urban Special Education Leadership Collaborative discusses working with the Tacoma, Washington school district to improve outcomes for all students, including those with disabilities.

EDC’s Ron Felton of the Urban Special Education Leadership Collaborative discusses how the Tacoma Public Schools can overhaul their special education system so that students with special needs can be better integrated into the mainstream.

Former EDC colleague Susan Christie Woodward is fondly remembered by her co-workers in this obituary in the Boston Globe. Woodward developed some of EDC’s landmark curricula and programs including Exploring Humanitarian Law, now taught around the world. 

EDC’s David Litts, the executive secretary of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention, discusses how gun locks and proper storage of firearms can help prevent suicides.

When it comes to learning math, EDC’s Paul Goldenberg emphasizes the importance of motivating students early on.

EDC’s Said Yasin discusses a project that will create 80 mobile libraries to provide communities in Rwanda with reading materials.

More principals are training for the job in schools and districts where they may be working. EDC’s Cheryl King discusses her research, funded by the Wallace Foundation.