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August 9, 2021
EDC and Nurture Nature Center to Lead Research on Using Art and Data Viz to Build Data Literacy

EDC and its lead partner the Nurture Nature Center have received a grant from the National Science Foundation to create and study a new model for training teachers to use art instruction and data visualization to help students learn how to use visual evidence to interpret data.

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July 20, 2021
EDC Receives NSF Award to Continue CADRE

Through CADRE, EDC supports researchers and developers of STEM education innovations that enhance teaching and learning; improve assessment; and promote diversity, equity, and inclusion. 

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June 14, 2021
EDC Partners with the LEGO Foundation to Promote Play

EDC will be the research partner for the Learning through Play with Technology initiative, a five-year effort to fuse play, technology, and learning for children in schools around the world.

June 9, 2021
EDC Appoints Lauren Klein as Director of Communications

EDC has appointed Lauren Klein as its new director of communications.

June 1, 2021
Remembering Mike Laflin

We at EDC mourn the loss of Mike Laflin—friend and colleague—who died on May 19 after a short illness.

May 10, 2021
Prioritizing Diverse Voices, Experiences in STEM

EDC’s Eden Badertscher and Pam Buffington will discuss the necessity of diversifying STEM education efforts in the United States in an upcoming congressional briefing sponsored by EDC and the STEM Education Coalition.

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May 7, 2021
Join EDC at the Seventh STEM For All Video Showcase

EDC STEM education experts, researchers, and evaluators will present and co-present 13 videos in the free 2021 National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM For All Video Showcase on May 11–18. 

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April 27, 2021
New EDC Study to Advance Knowledge of Children’s Math and Spatial Learning

EDC, in partnership with public media producer, GBH, has received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop and study a math curriculum supplement targeted to build the spatial orientation (SO) skills of children and to improve the early math learning of preschoolers living in under-resourced communities.

April 23, 2021
EDC Welcomes Richard Fournier as Partnership Director for EDC Ventures

Richard Fournier, EdD, has rejoined EDC as the partnership director for EDC Ventures.

April 20, 2021
EDC to Study Education of Massachusetts Youth in Juvenile Justice Custody and Care

EDC has been awarded a contract from the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services (DYS) to conduct the first evaluation in over a decade of the educational services provided to young people detained in or committed to the Commonwealth’s juvenile justice facilities.