Media Coverage

More and more, streaming services like Netflix are gearing new programming to target young viewers. EDC’s Naomi Hupert of the Center for Children and Technology comments on the way these new strategies are changing how children interact with devices such as smartphones and tablets.

The Massachusetts legislature has approved funding to teach computer science in schools, an initiative championed by EDC as part of the Massachusetts Computing Attainment Network (MassCAN). EDC and its partners Google and Microsoft are working to introduce computer science instruction into more Massachusetts public schools.

“Cyberbullying can occur 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It can occur anywhere where a youth has access to social media, even in their own home, and it also can be anonymous,” says EDC’s Shari Kessel Schneider, discussing new research on the subject.

How can smoking among teens be reduced? EDC’s Shari Kessel Schneider discusses research on the effect of raising the minimum age to purchase tobacco to 21.

EDC’s study on the rise of cyberbullying in Massachusetts schools is highlighted in this front page story. The research found girls were increasingly the targets of cyberbullying and that incidents were aided by the prevalence of cellphones among teens. EDC’s Shari Kessel Schneider discusses the findings, which appeared in the Journal of School Health.

Zoom In, a new free tool for educators developed by EDC’s Center for Children and Technology, can help students build their writing skills while learning social studies.

Bringing together teachers and lecturers is improving the quality of education in Indonesia, according to EDC’s Lynne Hill.

Changes in the minimum tobacco sales age can help reduce youth smoking and prevent addiction later in life, says EDC’s Shari Kessel Schneider.

More than 80 percent of smokers begin before they turn 18, says EDC researcher Shari Kessel Schneider in this post about a new EDC study on raising the tobacco sales age.

The Ford PAS Next Generation Learning initiative (a collaboration of EDC and the Ford Motor Company Fund) is using innovative activities to help prepare students for careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The project is opening four new STEM academies in Detroit.