Media Coverage

Kerri Nickerson of EDC’s Suicide Prevention Resource Center believes everyone has a role to play in preventing suicide on college campuses, not just the school’s counseling centers.

EDC’s Shelley Pasnik responds to the fine YouTube received for collecting children’s data and the challenges parents face when their children go online. “For the typical parent needing to navigate a ‘woolly media landscape,’ it’s really difficult,” she says.

EDC’s Terresa Humphries-Wadsworth makes the point that “everyone can do something in suicide prevention.” The article also discusses Humphries-Wadsworth’s work with the Suicide Prevention Resource Center and National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention.

Learning about science is pivotal to early learning, yet many parents do not feel comfortable in engaging their children on the topic.

EDC’s Shai Fuxman is interviewed on Greater Boston about research that students with disabilities are nearly twice as likely to be victims of cyberbullying. According to Fuxman, rather than ban social media, schools can create curricula to reduce cyberbullying.

EDC’s Tony Streit advocates for the need to teach students media literacy skills and for the support of policymakers and education leaders.

Students with disabilities are nearly twice as likely to be victims of social media-related cyberbullying, according to a research report co-authored by EDC’s Shai Fuxman and Shari Kessel Schneider for the Ruderman Family Foundation.

EDC's David Jacobson discusses First10 Schools and Communities partnerships to improve teaching, learning, and care for young children and their families.