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April 21, 2016
White House Symposium on Early Learning in STEM
EDC was selected to attend a high-level early childhood STEM symposium at the White House.
April 13, 2016
Five Years of PBS Programming and Children's Learning
At a briefing this week at the U.S. Department of Education, EDC Vice President Shelley Pasnik will share highlights from Reflections on the Ready To Learn Initiative 2010 to 2015, a new report conducted with SRI International.
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 15, 2015
EDC to Continue Research of CPB and PBS’ Ready To Learn
EDC will continue its research and evaluation of the public media initiative Ready To Learn thanks to a new five-year, multimillion-dollar grant to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and PBS from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Innovation and Improvement.
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.