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Latest Media Highlights

GBH: The Impact of Foreign Aid Cuts

EDC's Director of Global Health Alisha Keirstead spoke about how sudden funding cuts risk significant progress in countries where we work – like South Sudan, where thousands of young people were already developing the functional literacy, numeracy, entrepreneurship, and livelihood skills they need to build a bright future.

Parents: How to Address a Child’s Anxious Attachment

How can parents tell if their child has an anxious attachment? EDC's Jessica Young, developmental psychologist and senior research scientist, explains the signs to look for and how to help kids overcome low self-esteem and separation anxiety.

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Wired: Smartwatches in the Classroom

As U.S. schools move to ban phones, smartwatch use among kids is booming. EDC’s Shelley Pasnik is among the experts providing context and insights for parents and educators on the smartwatch trend.

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K12 Dive: The Power of Early Childhood Partnerships

In this opinion piece, EDC’s David Jacobson highlights how school-community partnerships can change the trajectory of children’s lives.

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EdSource: The Power of Play in Early Education

EDC’s Cindy Hoisington questions why play has slowly become an afterthought in early education settings. In this article, she shares why we should instead consider creativity and play as intuitive and valuable vehicles for childhood learning and development.

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Newsweek: The Importance of Education Funding to the Future Workforce

In an op-ed, EDC's Sarita Pillai and Andrés Henríquez warn that proposed cuts to key education programs will “weaken the foundation of our country's education system and workforce.” They call on policymakers to protect essential investments in K–12 education.

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LA Times: Suicide Prevention and Older Adults

EDC’s Julie Goldstein Grumet, director of the Zero Suicide Institute, spoke with the Los Angeles Times about best practices for suicide prevention in healthcare settings, and explained why providers often uncomfortable asking about the mental health of their elderly patients.

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Mashable: Emerging Tech and the Rise of Deepfakes in U.S. Schools

EDC’s Shelley Pasnik is interviewed about how schools can respond to students creating explicit deepfakes. She highlights the importance of engaging students as partners to establish norms and boundaries around this emerging technology, finding ways to discuss deepfakes in existing curriculum, and updating school codes of conduct.

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Eye Radio (Africa): Empowering Youth in South Sudan

In South Sudan, the USAID Youth Empowerment Activity helped 6,000 rural youth gain basic literacy and life skills.

Parents: Criticizing the Parenting of Others

EDC's Heidi Kar offers advice on how to discuss a child’s problematic behavior with their parents without causing defensiveness and embarrassment.

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K12 Dive: Bringing joy and learning to preschoolers through science lessons

To spark early science learning, EDC’s Cindy Hoisington shares hands-on activities that captivate kids and build teacher confidence.

EdWeek: How AI Products Can Promote Child Development, Not Just a ‘Commercial Mindset’

In a Q&A, EDC’s Shelley Pasnik urges edtech companies to consider child development, not just commercial goals, when designing artificial intelligence (AI) products

K12 Dive: Ed tech for little ones needs more testing before rollout

At the U.S. Department of Education’s Ed Games Expo, EDC’s Shelley Pasnik spoke about the importance of community building and research in early learning and technology

Newsweek: We Must Harness the Power of Comprehensive Sexuality Education to End AIDS

Comprehensive sexuality education can drastically improve our response to AIDS, write EDC’s Alisha Keirstead and Scott Pulizzi in this op-ed, if we address the policy and implementation gap to its use. The executive director of UNAIDS shared this op-ed on X.

US News & World Report: What Is Transfer Trauma?

EDC’s Rebecca Jackson Stoeckle talks about transfer trauma, which can negatively impact older adults as they transfer between levels of care or facilities.

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