Media Coverage


Maine Public Broadcasting Network May 22, 2007	EDC’s Dave Browning discusses how health professionals can work with families to improve the care of very ill children.	More
New York Sun May 10, 2007	Parents are missing opportunities to influence their teenagers’ drinking habits, according to EDC’s William DeJong.	More
Education Week April 25, 2007	EDC’s Carrie Parker comments on the benefits of states working together to create common assessments for their students.	More
Chronicle of Philanthropy April 19, 2007	Two-page photo features schoolchildren in India listening to EDC radio lessons, with accompanying story highlighting EDC’s interactive radio instruction programs around the world.	More
Education Week April 4, 2007	Margaret Honey of EDC’s Center for Children and Technology is a featured expert for this online discussion of education technology and how it has progressed over the past 10 years.	More
New York Times March 29, 2007	EDC’s Cornelia Brunner, a developmental psychologist, is interviewed regarding cell phones for young children.	More
Detroit Free Press March 2, 2007	In presenting an award to the Ford Motor Company, the nation’s governors cited Ford PAS, an innovative high school program co-developed by EDC and the Ford Motor Company Fund.	More
Miami Herald February 25, 2007	Love Is Not Abuse, a teen dating violence curriculum developed by EDC and Liz Claiborne, is being used by about 30,000 students in 365 schools nationwide, including 11 Florida high schools.	More
Dallas Morning News January 8, 2007	EDC’s TV411 Web site, developed by the Adult Literacy Media Alliance, is a featured resource in an article about how people learn.	More
Time December 18, 2006	This cover story features an interdisciplinary high school curriculum, developed by EDC’s Ford PAS project, which challenges students academically while developing problem-solving and teamwork skills.	More
Parents December 1, 2006	Shelley Pasnik of EDC’s Center for Children and Technology offers advice on buying computers for children.	More
Education World November 29, 2006	EDC’s David Riley, of the Urban Special Education Leadership Collaborative, talks about National Inclusive Schools Week, an annual celebration of schools that are welcoming and supportive of all children and youth.	More
Inside Higher Ed October 23, 2006	A study by Beth DeRicco and William DeJong of the Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention in EDC’s Center for College Health and Safety explores a drinking phenomenon called “pre-gaming.”	More
USA Today October 5, 2006	Judi Sandler, Director of EDC’s Center for Science Education, says we need to improve science education in schools.	More
Boston Globe September 13, 2006	EDC’s Poonam Ahluwalia is profiled for her work on youth unemployment around the world, and plans for the 2006 international Youth Employment Summit in Kenya.	More
Waltham (MA) Daily News Tribune August 18, 2006	EDC is taking part in Focus on Mathematics, an initiative to improve student achievement through teacher professional development.	More
Chronicle of Philanthropy June 29, 2006	In this story about the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, EDC’s Sonia Arias discusses the benefits and uses of Internet technology in countries such as Macedonia.	More
Providence Journal June 25, 2006	EDC’s Leslie Hegert discusses middle school improvement in Providence, Rhode Island, where EDC is working with the district.	More
msnbc.com June 24, 2006	Anara Guard talks about results of an EDC study and prevention measures concerning the deaths of children in hot cars.	More
NPR June 23, 2006	EDC’s Karen Worth talks about creativity and developing critical thinking skills in the elementary science classroom.	More
Wall Street Journal May 3, 2006	EDC’s David Browning discusses how to care for critically ill children and the Initiative for Pediatric Palliative Care.	More
Education Week March 8, 2006	EDC Vice President Margaret Honey, Director of EDC’s Center for Children & Technology, was a featured expert regarding the challenges of programs that provide a computer for every student.	More
eSchool News March 1, 2006	This special report features EDC’s research on effective access and an interview with Bethany Carlson of EDCs Education, Employment, and Community Programs.	More
Chronicle of Philanthropy February 23, 2006	Outgoing EDC president and CEO Janet Whitla discusses the organization she managed for more than two decades.	More
Fort Worth Star Telegram December 26, 2005	Cornelia Brunner of EDC’s Center for Children and Technology discusses online tutoring.	More
Times (London) December 17, 2005	Radio lessons developed by EDC for the Freeplay Foundation are helping children in Tanzania receive an education and avoid dangerous, low paying work.	More
St. Louis Review October 28, 2005	EDC’s David Browning of the Initiative for Pediatric Palliative Care discusses the project’s efforts to improve care for very ill children.	More
Des Moines Register October 14, 2005	This story quotes remarks by Christine Blaber of EDC’s Health and Human Development Programs at a news conference at the National Press Club.	More
Framingham (MA) MetroWest Daily News September 27, 2005	Lloyd Potter, of EDC’s Health and Human Development Programs, is interviewed.	More
Washington Post September 16, 2005	EDC’s Christine Rafal and Miriam W. Smith, Ed.D., who worked to architect, research and develop the PBS Parents Guide to Creativity that targets parents of kids from birth to age nine, were online to talk about how to nurture creativity within children as they return to school for the new year.	More