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EDC Wins Next Generation Learning Challenges Grants

Education Development Center : EDC — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:21:44 +0000

EDC has won one grant award—and is a partner in two other awards—in the latest round of the Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC), which announced $7 million in funding for 19 innovative programs to help students master seventh- to ninth-grade level math and reading content.

EdTech Leaders to Host Annual Online Learning Institute

Education Development Center : EDC — Fri, 20 May 2011 15:50:43 +0000

Program practitioners and national experts in online learning will gather for the seventh annual Online Learning Institute on Wednesday, June 29, 2011 in Philadelphia, PA.

EdTech Leaders to Host Annual Online Learning Institute

Education Development Center : EDC — Fri, 20 May 2011 15:50:43 +0000

Program practitioners and national experts in online learning will gather for the seventh annual Online Learning Institute on Wednesday, June 29, 2011 in Philadelphia, PA.

EDC’s Success at the Core Wins Educational Software Awards

Education Development Center : EDC — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:56:00 +0000

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.

Working Together in Harmony

Eric Marshall — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:04:40 +0000

A partnership between Carnegie Hall and EDC is helping music students develop a solid foundation.

EDC’s EdTech Leaders Online Wins Award for Innovation

Eric Marshall — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 15:06:12 +0000

EdTech Leaders Online (ETLO), an instructional professional development project of Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC), has won an award for innovative online learning practice. The award was presented by the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) at its annual meeting in Glendale, Arizona.

School Counselors Guide College-Bound Students

Eric Marshall — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 18:38:45 +0000

As students face their options after high school, they have many questions. A new online course helps school counselors answer these questions and create a college-going culture.

Standards for Online Educators

Eric Marshall — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:52:03 +0000

EDC’s Barbara Treacy is quoted regarding certification requirements.

Report: Online Professional Development Improves Teaching and Student Achievement

Eric Marshall — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:04:51 +0000

Teachers who took professional development courses online improved their teaching practices and subject knowledge, and produced learning gains for their students. This according to a new study released by e-Learning for Educators, a 10-state consortium funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Ready to Teach program and led by Alabama Public Television.

Coaching Program Shows Promise

Eric Marshall — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:47:34 +0000

Ismail and Siti Fatimah are teachers in Indonesia. They work hard to be good teachers—but they also want to be better ones. To that end, Ismail attends a weeklong workshop for technology training in the capital of his province. He goes there to learn about computers so he can teach his colleagues.