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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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