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July 31, 2015
Reuters
Reducing Teen Smoking
How can smoking among teens be reduced? EDC’s Shari Kessel Schneider discusses research on the effect of raising the minimum age to purchase tobacco to 21.
July 30, 2015
Boston Globe
EDC Study: Cyberbullying on the Rise
EDC’s study on the rise of cyberbullying in Massachusetts schools is highlighted in this front page story. The research found girls were increasingly the targets of cyberbullying and that incidents were aided by the prevalence of cellphones among teens. EDC’s Shari Kessel Schneider discusses the findings, which appeared in the Journal of School Health.
July 1, 2015
eSchool News
New Tool for Teaching History and Literacy
Zoom In, a new free tool for educators developed by EDC’s Center for Children and Technology, can help students build their writing skills while learning social studies.
June 25, 2015
The Jakarta Post
Teacher Training in Indonesia
Bringing together teachers and lecturers is improving the quality of education in Indonesia, according to EDC’s Lynne Hill.
June 23, 2015
The Huffington Post
Raising the Sales Age to Reduce Smoking
Changes in the minimum tobacco sales age can help reduce youth smoking and prevent addiction later in life, says EDC’s Shari Kessel Schneider.
June 17, 2015
New York Times
Reducing Teen Smoking Rates
More than 80 percent of smokers begin before they turn 18, says EDC researcher Shari Kessel Schneider in this post about a new EDC study on raising the tobacco sales age.
May 5, 2015
Forbes
EDC and Ford Bring STEM Learning to the Classroom
The Ford PAS Next Generation Learning initiative (a collaboration of EDC and the Ford Motor Company Fund) is using innovative activities to help prepare students for careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The project is opening four new STEM academies in Detroit.
April 24, 2015
Education Week
The Value of Science Fairs
Science fairs have long been a staple of U.S. education. But are they cost effective? And do they have an impact on student learning and interest in science? New research led by EDC’s Abigail Jurist Levy seeks the answers to these questions.
April 24, 2015
HealthlineNews
Mobile Devices and Toddlers
Most young kids are using mobile devices in some way by age two, a new study shows. In this article, EDC’s Shelley Pasnik, director of the Center for Children and Technology, comments on the study’s findings. “It’s not surprising that parents have integrated the very devices that are part of their own lives into family patterns in order to come up with a few minutes to tend to the dishes or the trash or laundry,” she says.
April 24, 2015
New York Times
Supporting Students to Prevent Suicide
EDC’s Morton Silverman offers advice for parents wondering how to respond to teen suicides in this article about a recent spate of them in a California community. Silverman is senior science advisor to the Suicide Prevention Resource Center at EDC.
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