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April 11, 2016
Join EDC at NCTM/NCSM April 11-16
EDC staff will be in San Francisco to present 11 sessions during the 2016 National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics Annual Conference (April 11–13), National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Research Conference (April 11–13), and National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Meeting (April 13–16).
September 8, 2015
EDC Marks National Suicide Prevention Week (September 7–13)

In observance of National Suicide Prevention Week (September 7–13) and World Suicide Prevention Day (September 10), EDC offers the following actions, resources, and events to promote suicide prevention worldwide.

September 8, 2015
EDC Welcomes New CEO David Offensend

EDC welcomes David Offensend, who begins as president and CEO on September 8, 2015.

June 28, 2015
EDC at ISTE 2015 (6/28-7/1)
Researchers from EDC will present several sessions at the 2015 International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference in Philadelphia, June 28–July 1.
June 22, 2015
EDC Hosts Session on Youth Violence and Resilience (6/22)
EDC will present findings from its recent study of youth violence and resilience in Honduras and North East Africa at a panel discussion to be held June 22 at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
June 3, 2015
EDC L3 Project Hosts U.S. Ambassador to Rwanda
U.S. Ambassador Erica Barks-Ruggles and Rwanda Minister of Education Silas Lwakabamba recently visited a school in Kigali that is one of more than 2,400 public/government-aided schools participating in EDC’s USAID-funded Literacy, Language, and Learning (L3) Initiative.
May 3, 2015
Trustee Charles Benton, Passionate Advocate for Learning, is Dead

EDC has lost an extraordinary advocate and advisor with the death of longtime trustee Charles Benton, 84, who passed away April 29 at his home in Evanston, Illinois, after battling cancer.

April 16, 2015
EDC at AERA Annual Meeting (4/16-20)

Join EDC researchers at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), to be held April 16–20 in Chicago. This year’s meeting will explore the theme “Toward Justice: Culture, Language, and Heritage in Education Research and Praxis.”

April 15, 2015
EDC at NCTM, NCTM Research, and NCSM Conferences (4/13–18)

Join EDC’s mathematics education experts at the 2015 National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics Annual Conference, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Research Conference, and National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. NCSM and NCTM Research will take place April 13–15, and NCTM will take place April 15–18.

March 25, 2015
EDC a Partner in All Children Reading Competition
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced 14 winners from its 2015 All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development. EDC is a partner in two of the literacy innovations that won the challenge, which drew more than 200 proposals from 50 countries.