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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.

In Massive Effort, over 1,000 Liberian Teachers Receive Education Training

Education Development Center : EDC — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:56:26 +0000

Several decades of civil conflict in Liberia have left teachers with languishing reading and math skills and little opportunity for improvement. To update their skills and help create a more effective teacher corps, more than 1,000 teachers and facilitators in six counties will receive three days of refresher in-service training. Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC), will deliver the workshop as part of the Core Education Skills for Liberian Youth (CESLY) program, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

Reading Takes Flight

Eric Marshall — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 19:15:23 +0000

“We don’t want kids to be quiet as they listen to stories,” says EDC’s Cindy Hoisington as she describes how to build literacy among young readers.

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.

Standards for Online Educators

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

EDC’s Barbara Treacy is quoted regarding certification requirements.

EDC Awarded $5.6 million from National Science Foundation

Eric Marshall — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:48:07 +0000

EDC has received more than $5.6 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to conduct research and develop programs to boost the learning and teaching of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).

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.

Thinking Outside the Bricks

Eric Marshall — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:35:19 +0000

EDC’s online capacity-building program provides graduate-level training for educators to facilitate and design online courses.

New Tool Tracks Teacher Performance in Egypt

Eric Marshall — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:15:36 +0000

Monitoring teachers’ performance over time gives school leaders valuable information that helps them to shape professional development opportunities.

Tikwere!

Eric Marshall — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:14:33 +0000

In Malawi, 20,000 primary school teachers gathered for Tikwere Day, an annual training to support educators using EDC’s interactive radio instruction program.