Media Coverage

The Boston Globe cites EDC research on teen smoking rates in an editorial advocating raising the tobacco sales age to 21.

EDC’s Tony Streit will lead the newly launched National Center on Afterschool and Summer Enrichment, which will work to expand access to high-quality programs for low-income kids.

The hit movie The Martian has been called “a love letter to science.” EDC science educator Jacqueline Miller says it should be required viewing for students and teachers.

A compelling slideshow documents how a participant in Proyecto METAS, an EDC-implemented livelihood program in Honduras, went from being a gang member to gaining the skills needed to find a job.

How can parents best support their kids in preparing science fair projects? EDC’s Science Under the ‘Scope project is cited in this story exploring the issue.

There’s a shift in Americans’ perceptions of mental and physical health, a new study finds. EDC’s Doryn Chervin comments.

How do you engage students in career education? EDC’s Sarita Pillai discusses the importance of connecting careers and real world contexts and describes the work of the STEM Learning and Research Center to make those connections.

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.