Press Releases

EDC, From Prison Cells to PhD, Operation Restoration, the Initiative for Race Research and Justice at Vanderbilt University, and the Prison Teaching Initiative at Princeton University have been awarded a five-year, $5,229,896 federal grant to build a national alliance that will forge robust pathways to STEM careers for people who are, or were, incarcerated.

EDC, Mount Washington Observatory (MWO) in North Conway, NH, and additional partners have been awarded $1,196,000 in a three-year federal grant to promote data science education in rural middle schools in New Hampshire and Maine.

Education Development Center (EDC) has received a grant of $1.55 million from The John A. Hartford Foundation to support the National Collaboratory to Address Elder Mistreatment, Model Implementation. The intervention will implement and evaluate the Elder Mistreatment Emergency Department Care Model within six diverse emergency departments over 30 months.

EDC has been awarded a Mid-Phase Education Innovation Research (EIR) grant to build capacity across urban, rural, and suburban regions in Illinois for implementing the Math for All professional development program.

EDC announces the launch of the Coalition for Elementary Science. The kick-off event for the Coalition will be the Elementary Science Summit: Preparing K–5 for a STEM Future, November 30, at EDC headquarters in Waltham.

Access to Education for All Children in Mali (PACETEM) is a new program designed to increase access to quality education and student retention across Mali.

Prevention Solutions@EDC will offer training and consultation services for public health agencies and other organizations tasked with preventing substance misuse among a variety of audiences.

EDC has been selected by the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation to help implement a new substance use prevention initiative in public and accredited private K–12 schools across Marion County, Indiana.

EDC Distinguished Scholar Al Cuoco was recently honored by the Mathematical Association of America, the world’s largest community of mathematicians, which presented him with its prestigious Mary P. Dolciani Award.