Media Coverage


eSchool News November 9, 2012	Lesley Reilly of EDC’s EdTech Leaders Online says that using Twitter in online courses or communities provides for backchannel conversations that are great for large meetings. Also, she says, creating a hashtag makes it easy for students to participate on mobile devices.	More
Education Week October 24, 2012	EDC’s Barbara Treacy discusses the use of technology in professional development for educators.	More
Education Week October 23, 2012	Exploring Bioethics, a high school curriculum developed by EDC, uses “real-life cases” to examine ethical issues in medicine and the life sciences.	More
Education Week October 17, 2012	EDC’s Barbara Treacy discusses online professional development for teachers that addresses the Common Core State Standards.	More
AllAfrica October 16, 2012	EDC’s Said Yasin describes how the Literacy, Language, and Learning (L3) Initiative in Rwanda is addressing literacy by engaging parents and members of the community.	More
Education Week October 15, 2012	EDC’s Barbara Treacy discusses the availability of open educational resources online and the need for teachers to have professional development before using these resources.	More
Cape Cod Times (Massachusetts) October 9, 2012	Lisa Capoccia of the Suicide Prevention Resource Center at EDC discusses how emergency departments can help prevent suicides by following up with patients after they are released.	More
The Business Journals October 4, 2012	EDC’s Success at the Core announces its milestone 10,000th registered user of its free, online videos and professional development tools for educators.	More
AllAfrica October 3, 2012	EDC’s Akazi Kanoze youth livelihood program in Rwanda graduated its latest class of 3,037 trainees in a ceremony featuring the country’s first lady and minister of education. The four year project is targeting 15,000 youth by January 2014.	More
Philippine Daily Inquirer September 29, 2012	EDC was awarded a literacy innovation grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development. EDC’s innovation will be piloted in the Philippine and centers on developing low-cost mobile phone technology to improve the collection and use of student reading performance data.	More
Philippine Star September 27, 2012	EDC’s Education Quality and Access for Learning and Livelihood Skills (EQuALLS2) project based in the Philippines is partnering with the private sector to improve reading instruction.	More
The Journal September 24, 2012	EDC’s Barbara Treacy offers advice on blending online professional development with face-to-face meetings.	More
USAID FrontLines September 19, 2012	EDC is helping implement D-RASATI (“my studies” in Arabic), a comprehensive school improvement program in Lebanon, that impacts every public school, 276,000 students, and hundreds of teachers in the country.	More
Spotlight (MacArthur Foundation) September 17, 2012	EDC’s Bill Tally discusses his research on how families of different socioeconomic classes interact with technology, and how this disparity has resulted in a digital divide.	More
U.S. News & World Report September 17, 2012	EDC’s Shari Kessel Schneider discusses new research on “sexting” and suggests adults need to talk to their kids about what constitutes healthy behavior.	More
Washington Post September 10, 2012	On World Suicide Prevention Day (September 10), the revised National Strategy for Suicide Prevention (NSSP) was released with the aid of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention, of which EDC is secretariat. EDC’s Jerry Reed helped craft the new strategy.	More
Orlando Sentinel September 6, 2012	EDC’s Shelley Pasnik discusses the right ages for children to use new technologies in this article in the Orlando Sentinel (FL).	More
Wall Street Journal September 4, 2012	Famed photographer Berenice Abbott, who worked with EDC on the landmark PSSC Program for high schools is profiled in this appreciation by fellow photographer William Myers.	More
Manila Standard Today September 1, 2012	EDC has partnered with the Philippines Department of Education, Petron Corp., and the United States Agency for International Development to promote reading and professional development for teachers in the conflicted regions in Mindanao.	More
Democrat and Chronicle (New York) August 24, 2012	EDC has partnered with the University of Rochester Medical Center to establish a new federally funded suicide prevention program	More
AllAfrica August 19, 2012	EDC’s Said Yasin describes new technology, mobile libraries, and other resources that will be used to help improve literacy in Rwanda.	More
Chronicle of Philanthropy July 22, 2012	Recently retired EDC Senior Vice President Mike Laflin discusses his career in development, including two decades of directing and growing EDC’s international portfolio. The interview touches on his proudest accomplishment and what he sees as the biggest challenge to development work.	More
Patriot Ledger (Massachusetts) July 16, 2012	Selected by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to assist local communities, EDC will partner with a Quincy agency to address substance abuse.	More
AllAfrica July 12, 2012	EDC has equipped the recording studio of Rwanda Education Board to create audio-visual educational materials.	More
Dawn (Pakistan) July 10, 2012	In Pakistan, 147 students enrolled in the recently introduced two-year Associate Degree in Education and four-year Bachelor’s Degree in Education programs received scholarships as part of the $75 million USAID Teacher Education Project implemented by EDC.	More
AllAfrica July 8, 2012	EDC’s Said Yasin describes a program in Rwanda that will provide communities with access to textbooks by deploying mobile libraries.	More
Malawi Voice July 4, 2012	EDC’s popular interactive radio instruction program in Malawi will be sustained by the local government.	More
USAID Impact Blog June 28, 2012	Through EDC’s Garissa Youth Project (G-Youth), 2,500 Kenyan youth are better positioned to pursue employment and livelihoods opportunities. A participant in the project describes how G-Youth enabled her to pursue a degree and find employment at a radio station.	More
Boston Herald June 27, 2012	The Boston Public Schools hired EDC to assist with its bullying prevention initiatives and in this story, Ed Donnelly of EDC’s Bullying Prevention Research Institute discusses efforts to train Boston teachers how to spot and prevent bullying in their schools.	More
The Christian Science Monitor June 15, 2012	EDC is implementing a five-year, $75 million project to improve teacher training in Pakistan. The goal of the USAID Teacher Education Project, which drew Pakistani educators to the United States for a two-week study tour, is to update and upgrade primary education across the country.	More