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May 20, 2016
eSchool News
Defining Data Literacy
What does it mean to be ‘data literate’? What should schools be teaching students about big data to prepare them for the workforce? For answers to these questions, EDC’s Oceans of Data Institute (ODI) convened an expert panel of data analysts and educators that has issued a new report, Building Global Interest in Data Literacy: A Dialogue, and a call to action to expand data literacy skills in schools.
May 12, 2016
Language Magazine
Educating All English Learners
EDC's Carrie Parker and Claudia Rinaldi of Lasell College have suggestions for teaching all English learners who struggle in the classroom.
May 9, 2016
H&HN Magazine
Call for More Resources for Suicide Prevention
Hospitals need to provide optimal care for patients at risk for suicide but, too often, myths surrounding suicide impede prevention efforts.
May 6, 2016
Education Week
Building Students' Data Literacy
A new report from EDC’s Oceans of Data Institute calls for developing resources, training teachers, and making sure data literacy is incorporated into educational standards, with the goal of bringing data literacy to 100 million students by 2021.
May 6, 2016
New Times (Rwanda)
Addressing Literacy in Rwanda
An editorial in Rwanda’s leading English daily newspaper focused on the efforts of an EDC-sponsored literacy conference and work of the EDC Literacy, Language, and Learning Initiative to encourage a culture of reading.
May 5, 2016
Christian Science Monitor
Limiting Teens' Access to Tobacco
As California debates raising its smoking age, EDC researcher Shari Kessel Schneider says a hike to age 21 for purchasing tobacco limits teens’ access to cigarettes.
May 5, 2016
New Times (Rwanda)
Raising Child Literacy in Rwanda
EDC organized an early-grade literacy conference in Kigali, Rwanda, which featured EDC efforts to advance a culture of reading in that country.
April 6, 2016
Mental Health Weekly
The Financial Cost of Suicide
EDC’s Mort Silverman discusses new research into the financial costs associated with suicide.
March 14, 2016
Devex
EDC on Refugee Education
In this story about using technology for education, Devex turned to EDC to share lessons learned from implementing interactive radio instruction for internally displaced people in Somalia. EDC’s Simon Richmond and Rachel Christina are interviewed.
March 10, 2016
The Christian Science Monitor
EDC Study Boosts Efforts to Raise Smoking Age
An EDC study was the first to link raising the tobacco sales age to reduced rates of teen smoking. EDC’s Shari Kessel Schneider says the study has helped draw attention to the public health benefits of raising the age.
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