Media Coverage

Our work and staff are featured in a variety of media outlets. Links are provided when available (some require free registration to view).

Out-of-School Youths in the Philippines Receive Career Training from EDC

June 28, 2009 | Philippine Star

EDC’s Education Quality and Access for Learning and Livelihood Skills Project provides out-of-school youth in the Philippines with career training.

Cell Phones in the Classroom

June 26, 2009 | Education Week

EDC’s Robert Spielvogel discusses the role of cell phones and other portable electronics in education.

EDC Study Examines Hispanic Students Test Scores

June 3, 2009 | Education Week

New EDC study examines Hispanic student test scores in Massachusetts. EDC’s Maria Teresa Sanchez talks to Education Week.

English Language Instruction for Teachers in the Philippines

May 29, 2009 | Philippine Daily Inquirer

The Philippines’ largest newspaper featured front-page coverage of EDC’s efforts to help teachers learn English in time for the start of school in June.

EDC Discusses 21st Century Skills Legislation

May 29, 2009 | eSchool News

Shelley Pasnik of EDC’s Center for Children and Technology discusses legislation that supports 21st-century skills in the classroom.

EDC Staffer Blogs from Bangalore

May 5, 2009 | Boston.com

In the Boston Globe’s online Passport blog, EDC’s Nevin Katz writes from Bangalore about his visit to India’s classrooms.

EDC Staffer Discusses Suicide and Unemployment

May 1, 2009 | American Public Media

Anara Guard of the Suicide Prevention Resource Center at EDC discusses suicide and unemployment, and offers suggestions for people in crisis.

Discussing a child-centered approach to science education

April 14, 2009 | Statesman Journal (OR)

EDC’s Karen Worth discusses a child-centered approach to science education that takes advantage of children’s innate curiosity.

EDC is Working with USAID in the Philippines to Provide Books

April 9, 2009 | Philippine Star

EDC’s project in the Philippines is providing school children with books.

Palliative Care for Young Children

March 24, 2009 | Northwest Herald (IL)

EDC’s Dave Browning discusses palliative care for young children.

Moving Professional Development Online

March 13, 2009 | Education Week

EDC’s Barbara Treacy is interviewed about online training, saying the costs are well worth it for districts that want to manage their own training programs.

EDC Profiled for Green Efforts

March 13, 2009 | Boston Business Journal

EDC’s recycling and conservation efforts land us in the Boston Business Journal as we are interviewed about being a good corporate citizen.

EDC Project Fights Corruption in Education

March 2, 2009 | Boston.com

Boston.com’s foreign blog “Passport” features a post by Gustavo Payan discussing EDC’s efforts to reduce corruption in higher education.

EDC Staffer Discusses Project-based Learning

January 26, 2009 | eSchool News

EDC’s Ilene Kantrov discusses project-based learning and Ford PAS, a project developed by EDC and the Ford Motor Company Fund.

Are 8th-graders ready for algebra?

January 24, 2009 | Bangor Daily News

Margaret Clements of the Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast and Islands at EDC discusses research on online courses.

'Digital Divide' Questions over DOE E-mail Addresses

January 21, 2009 | New York Daily News

EDC’s Cornelia Brunner is quoted about access to technology.

Impact of Classroom Computers is still Unknown

January 2009 | Scientific American Magazine

Research on the cost of integrating technology into the classroom by EDC’s Daniel Light is cited.

Lowering Gay Kids' Suicide Risk

December 29, 2008 | NPR

EDC’s Effie Malley discusses research on preventing suicide among gay teenagers.

EDC Radio Instruction Programs Win Praise

November 2008 | FrontLines

EDC’s Feysal Osman discusses the use of radio to provide educational and life skills information to hard-to-reach learners around the world.

EDC Staffer on New Mass. Drug Law

November 20, 2008 | Boston Globe

EDC’s Diane Barry discusses Massachusetts’ new marijuana law which lowers the penalty for possessing the drug.