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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 |
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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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