Resources

About this resource library

From professional development materials for teachers to research reports for policymakers, EDC has produced hundreds of useful, innovative resources. This library contains a selection of some of our materials, including:

  • Apps
  • Books
  • Curricula
  • Digital games
  • Reports/studies/white papers
  • Resource libraries
  • Toolkits
86 Resources found
Reports
Integrating Technology into Early Learning: Promising Practices and Checklist

This report, intended for early childhood educators, offers five evidence-based recommendations for integrating technology tools, such as computers and tablets, into a variety of early learning settings.
Reports
Integrating Technology Into Exemplary Preschool Settings

This report presents findings from a yearlong investigation of the Apple and ConnectED initiative in 10 preschool classrooms.
Studies
Interactive Radio Instruction: Impact, Sustainability, and Future Directions

This study of Interactive Radio Instruction (IRI), written for the World Bank by EDC staff, shows that radio is an accessible and effective tool for active learning inside and outside of the classroom.
Reports
Language Documentation, Revitalization, and Reclamation

Based on an EDC-led workshop funded by the National Science Foundation, this white paper explores the impact of language documentation on language revitalization, shares the benefits of language documentation and revitalization for young children, and presents recommendations and implications for future research.
Toolkits
Learning at Home in Times of Crisis Using Radio

Interactive audio instruction (IAI) is a distance-learning technology that provides educational services, often to schools and school systems worldwide.
Reports
Mahsi’choo for the Info! Molly of Denali Teaches Children About Informational Text (Summary)

This is the summary pre-print report of a pair of national research studies examining the impact of the PBS KIDS series Molly of Denali on children’s ability to use informational text to answer real-world questions.
Toolkits
Making the Link Between Health and School Readiness

This tool helps Head Start programs better understand the link between their school readiness goals and their health service plans.
Reports
Office of Science and Technology Policy—State-Federal STEM Summit Executive Summary

This is the executive summary of a report that describes the proceedings from the first State-Federal STEM Summit, held June 2018 in Washington, D.C.
Reports
Office of Science and Technology Policy—State-Federal STEM Summit Final Report

This report describes the proceedings from the first State-Federal STEM Summit, held June 2018 in Washington, D.C.
White papers
Partnering with Families in Continuous Quality Improvement: The Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program—Tip Sheet

This tip sheet explains the benefits of including participants and families in continuous quality improvement (CQI) processes and provides strategies for engaging them as partners.
Studies
Patterns of Classroom Quality in Head Start and Center-Based Early Childhood Education Programs

This study analyzes data from the 2002/03 Head Start Impact Study (U.S.
Reports
PBS KIDS Play & Learn Science Evaluation Report

EDC and SRI International conducted an independent study of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) KIDS Play & Learn Science app, which includes in-app and direct hands-on science explorations for children ages 3 to 6 and their parents.
Reports
Perspectives on the Impact of Pre-K Expansion

Authored by EDC and the National Institute for Early Education Research, this brief looks at state policies and regulations regarding pre-K expansion that have the potential to positively impact child care quality and access for low-income working families.
Reports
Preschool Teachers Can Use a PBS KIDS Transmedia Curriculum Supplement to Support Young Children’s Mathematics Learning

This report presents findings from the Prekindergarten Transmedia Mathematics Study.
Reports
Radio Instruction to Strengthen Education and Zanzibar Teacher Upgrading by Radio: Post Project

This report looks at the sustained effect of EDC’s Zanzibar RISE and ZTUR programs for children and teachers, including institutionalization and expansion by the government of Zanzibar and a sustained learning advantage for children who participated in the programs.