Posted on April 19, 2011 in Comprehensive School Reform, Middle Grades, Online Education, Professional Development, School Leadership by Education Development Center : EDCComments Off
Success at the Core, a free online professional development resource for school-based leadership teams and teachers, has won a 2011 Best Educational Software (BESSIE) Award for “Best Professional Development Website.” EDC and Vulcan Productions created Success at the Core to help leadership teams and teachers prepare all students for success.

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Posted on August 20, 2010 in Bilingual Education, English as a Second Language (ESL), Equity and Diversity, Mathematics, Middle Grades by Eric MarshallComments Off
Equipping mathematics teachers with skills and strategies helps them overcome language barriers to reaching their English-learning students.

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Posted on March 9, 2010 in Literacy, Middle Grades, Technology, Video games by Eric MarshallComments Off
EDC has received a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for a two-year research project to support the development of handheld games to help struggling middle-school readers.
A professional development program helps educators connect science and math concepts across grades.