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Media Coverage

Boston Globe

October 9, 2009

EDC has been awarded $10.8 million by the National Office of Head Start to establish early childhood education centers and offer training, support, and assistance to Head Start and Early Head Start programs in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.

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Education Week

October 6, 2009
EDC’s Al Cuoco comments on new guidelines for high school mathematics education, calling them a “breath of fresh air”. More
Education Week

September 23, 2009

EDC’s Cornelia Brunner says girls prefer video games with lots of interaction between characters and their environment, and these games require much more sophisticated technology and take longer to develop.

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Philippine Daily Inquirer

August 30, 2009

EDC’s Education Quality and Access for Learning and Livelihood Skills (EQuALLS2) project is providing schools in conflict-affected areas of the Philippines with free textbooks.

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IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Networks)

July 16, 2009

EDC’s Brenda Barrett discusses our efforts in the Southeast Asian country of Timor-Leste to provide youth with opportunities to learn and use job skills.

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The Christian Science Monitor

July 5, 2009

Financial literacy and training are key to youth employment in Uganda, says EDC’s David James-Wilson.

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Education Week

June 30, 2009

Barbara Treacy of the EdTech Leaders Online Program at EDC took part in a chat about Web-based learning.

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Philippine Star

June 28, 2009

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

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Education Week

June 26, 2009

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

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Education Week

June 3, 2009

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

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Philippine Daily Inquirer

May 29, 2009

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.

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eSchool News

May 29, 2009

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

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Boston.com

May 5, 2009

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

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American Public Media

May 1, 2009

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

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Statesman Journal (OR)

April 14, 2009

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

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Philippine Star

April 9, 2009

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

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Northwest Herald (IL)

March 24, 2009

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

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Education Week

March 13, 2009

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.

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Boston Business Journal

March 13, 2009

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

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Boston.com

March 2, 2009

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

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eSchool News

January 26, 2009

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

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Bangor Daily News

January 24, 2009

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

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New York Daily News

January 21, 2009

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

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Scientific American Magazine

January 13, 2009

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

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NPR

December 29, 2008

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

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USAID FrontLines

November 30, 2008

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

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Boston Globe

November 20, 2008

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

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Education Week

October 8, 2008

Shelley Pasnik of EDC’s Center for Children and Technology discusses the Living Room Candidate Web site, which offers an archive of TV and Web advertisements from past presidential elections.

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eSchool News

September 24, 2008

EDC is working with the free online community “Curriki” to create content for a national education portal in India and other countries.

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Voice of America

September 10, 2008

EDC’s Jerry Reed discusses suicide prevention, and statistics from the Suicide Prevention Resource Center at EDC are cited.

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