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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.

EdWeek Speaks to Cornelia Brunner About Games and Learning

Education Development Center : EDC — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:32:09 +0000

Cornelia Brunner of EDC’s Center for Children and Technology describes EDC’s efforts to create and use video games that teach students about scientific concepts.

Research to Focus on Handheld Games for Middle-School Literacy

Eric Marshall — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:57:05 +0000

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.