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{{Infobox organization
| name = Education Development Center
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| image = Education_Development_Center_copyright_logo.png
| alt = Logo of Education Development Center
| type = [[Nonprofit organization|Nonprofit]] research and development organization
| tax_id = 04-2241718<ref name= irseos>"[https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/displayAll.do?dispatchMethod=displayAllInfo&Id=18235&ein=042241718&country=US&deductibility=all&dispatchMethod=searchAll&isDescending=false&city=&ein1=04-2241718&postDateFrom=&exemptTypeCode=al&submitName=&sortColumn=orgName&totalResults=1&names=&resultsPerPage=25&indexOfFirstRow=0&postDateTo=&state=All+States Education Development Center]". ''Tax Exempt Organization Search''. [[Internal Revenue Service]]. Retrieved May 9, 2019.</ref>
| status = [[501(c)(3)]]<ref name= irseos/>
| founded_date = {{start date and age|1958|08|11}}<ref name= calif/>
| headquarters = 43 Foundry Avenue,<br /> [[Waltham, Massachusetts]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| coordinates = {{Coord|42.370611|-71.219119|display=inline,title}}
| leader_name = Vivien Stewart<ref name= board>"[https://www.edc.org/edc-board-trustees Board of Trustees]". ''Education Development Center''. Retrieved May 9, 2019.</ref> | leader_title = [[Chairman|Chair]], [[Board of Trustees]]
| leader_name2 = [[David Offensend]]<ref name= leadership>"[https://www.edc.org/edc-leadership Leadership]". ''Education Development Center''. Retrieved May 9, 2019.</ref> |leader_title2 = [[President (corporation)|President]], [[Chief Executive Officer]]
| area_served = United States and 20 countries
| purpose = To design, implement, and evaluate programs to improve education, health, and economic opportunity worldwide.<ref name= 990-2017>"[https://pdf.guidestar.org/PDF_Images/2017/042/241/2017-042241718-0f1f09f6-9.pdf Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax]". ''Education Development Center''. [[Guidestar]]. September 30, 2017.</ref>
| employees = 900 in U.S.,<ref name= 990-2017/><br /> 400 outside U.S.<ref>"[https://www.edc.org/people People]". ''Education Development Center''. Retrieved May 9, 2019.</ref>
| employees_year = 2016
| revenue = $146,566,862<ref name= 990-2017/>
| revenue_year = 2017
| expenses = $145,050,590<ref name= 990-2017/>
| expenses_year = 2017
| subsidiaries = Education Dev Center Program in Nigeria Limited by Guarantee<ref name= 990-2017/>
| merger = Educational Services Incorporated,<br /> Institute for Educational Innovation<ref name= calif>"[http://rct.doj.ca.gov/Verification/Web/Download.aspx?saveas=384754.pdf&document_id=09027b8f803581ef Initial Registration Form]". ''Registry of Charitable Trusts''. Office of the Attorney General. State of California. 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2019.</ref>
| website = {{URL|http://www.edc.org}}
}}
The '''Education Development Center''' ('''EDC''') is a global [[nonprofit organization]] to improve education, promote health, and expand economic opportunity across the United States and in more than 80 other countries. EDC headquarters are in [[Waltham, Massachusetts]], and main offices in [[Washington, D.C.]], [[New York City]], and [[Chicago]]. EDC has 1,400 employees worldwide.


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EDC uses technology, most notably radio, to provide educational opportunities for hard to reach learners. During the 2014 [[Ebola]] outbreak in Liberia, EDC and its partners used radio to provide lessons to students whose schools were closed due to the disease.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2014/1019/As-Ebola-relief-ramps-up-other-aid-efforts-stumble-in-West-Africa|title = As Ebola relief ramps up, other aid efforts stumble in West Africa|journal = Christian Science Monitor|date = 19 October 2014}}</ref>
Research conducted by EDC on teen smoking has been cited by communities and states as they consider raising the age to purchase tobacco to 21.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-07-31 |title=Flavoring, other additives increase cigarettes' addictiveness |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-smoking-addiction-idUSKCN0Q52IL20150731 |access-date=2022-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2016/0505/Will-voters-try-to-repeal-California-s-21-smoking-age-law-video|title=Will voters try to repeal California's 21+ smoking age law?|journal=Christian Science Monitor|date=5 May 2016}}</ref> EDC also works to improve the knowledge base in early childhood development.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/05/10/four-education-priorities-democrats-and-republicans-can.html|title=Four Education Priorities Democrats and Republicans Can Agree on|newspaper=Education Week|date=10 May 2017|last1=Jacobson|first1=David}}</ref>


Twice named in The Boston Globe’s 'Top Places to Work',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Boston.com - The Globe 100's Top Places to Work - 2008 - Education Development Center Jobs |url=http://archive.boston.com/business/special/topplaces/2008/profiles/education_development_center.htm |access-date=2022-10-11 |website=archive.boston.com}}</ref> EDC maintains a staff composed of scientists, researchers, mathematicians, educators, and health and technology specialists. Staff expertise includes research, training, policy, curriculum and materials development, as well as education technology, and their activities range from small seed projects to large-scale national and international initiatives.
'''Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)''' is a [[nonprofit]] research and development organization<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.edc.org|publisher=Education Development Center, Inc.|title=EDC|access-date=June 14, 2016}}</ref> with headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts, and offices in Washington, D.C., New York City, Chicago, and other locations in the United States and around the world. EDC has 1,400 employees who develop and implement programs in education, health, and international development.


==History==
EDC is known for creating the curriculum [[Man: A Course of Study]]. The organization was founded (as Educational Services, Inc.) by [[Jerrold Zacharias]], who started the [[Physical Science Study Committee]], credited with changing physics education in the United States. .<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nas.edu/sputnik/lappan3.htm|title=Reflecting on Sputnik - Lappan 3|publisher=|access-date=June 14, 2016}}</ref><ref>http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/zacharias-jerrold.pd</ref><ref>https://philanthropy.com/article/Nonprofit-Uses-Radio-for/152257</ref><ref>Norman F. Ramsey. "Jerrold R. Zacharias (1905-1986)" (PDF). National Academy of Sciences website. Retrieved 6/15/2016</ref>
EDC created the curriculum [[Man: A Course of Study]]. The organization was founded (as Educational Services, Inc.) by [[Jerrold Zacharias]], a physics professor at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] who started the [[Physical Science Study Committee]], and is credited with developing [[PSSC Physics]], funded by the [[National Science Foundation]]. PSSC Physics focused on science as the product of experiment and theory, constructed by real people. EDC introduced it successfully in schools across the country and eventually in many parts of the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nas.edu/sputnik/lappan3.htm|title=Reflecting on Sputnik - Lappan 3|publisher=|access-date=June 14, 2016}}</ref><ref>Norman F. Ramsey. "Jerrold R. Zacharias (1905-1986)" (PDF). National Academy of Sciences website. Retrieved 6/15/2016</ref> Zacharias is credited with changing the way physics is taught in secondary schools and many of the PSSC films are still used in classrooms today.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.technologyreview.com/s/607999/full-contact-physics/|title=Full-Contact Physics}}</ref>
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In a number of countries, EDC uses technology, most notably radio, to provide educational opportunities for hard to reach learners. For instance, during the 2014 Ebola outbreak in Liberia, EDC and its partners used radio to provide lessons to students whose schools were closed due to the disease.<ref>http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2014/1019/As-Ebola-relief-ramps-up-other-aid-efforts-stumble-in-West-Africa</ref>
Research conducted by EDC on teen smoking, has been cited by communities and states as they consider raising the age to purchase tobacco to 21.<ref>http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-smoking-addiction-idUSKCN0Q52IL20150731</ref><ref>http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2016/0505/Will-voters-try-to-repeal-California-s-21-smoking-age-law-video</ref>


In 1964, ESI received funding from the [[Carnegie Corporation of New York]] to address the high rate of college dropout among African American students. In response, EDC established pre-college centers at six [[Historically Black Colleges and Universities]] to increase opportunities for low-income students. The approach was later scaled up to become the model of the federal government’s Upward Bound program.<ref>
==Leadership==
EDC's president and Chief Executive Officer is David Offensend. Previously, Offensend was chief operating officer at the New York Public Library, the nation's largest public library system with 90 affiliated branches.


A 12-member Board of Trustees is chaired by Vivien Stewart, vice president, Asia Society.


==Mission==
EDC designs, implements, and evaluates programs to improve education, health, and economic opportunity worldwide.


==Our Work==


EDC works in all 50 states and in more than 20 countries. EDC's work focuses on:
1. Elementary and Secondary Education
2. Early childhood development and learning
3. STEM
4. Youth workforce development
5. Out of School Learning
6. Injury, Violence, and Suicide Prevention
7. Behavioral, Physical, and Mental Health
8. HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health
9. Substance Abuse, Prevention, and Treatment
10. Capacity Building for Individuals, Organizations, and Systems <ref>http://www.edc.org/our-work/</ref>


{{cite web|url=http://www.pellinstitute.org/downloads/trio_clearinghouse-The_First_Summer_of_UB_1965.pdf |title=Do You Know TRIO? |publisher=National TRIO Clearinghouse |date=July 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230901194455/https://www.pellinstitute.org/downloads/trio_clearinghouse-The_First_Summer_of_UB_1965.pdf |archive-date=September 1, 2023 }}
==Services==
* Design and Development
* Evaluation
* Implementation
* Policy
* Research


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==References==


</ref> In 1968, ESI merged with the Institute for Educational Innovation to form EDC.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Academic Films for the Classroom: A History |last=Alexander |first=Geoff |year=2010 |publisher=McFarland & Co. |location=Jefferson |pages=86|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wLMxASznLzoC&pg=PA86 |isbn=9780786458707 |oclc=601049093 |accessdate=March 14, 2019}}</ref>

One of EDC’s earliest projects was the Elementary Science Study (ESS) funded primarily by the [[National Science Foundation]]. In the 1960s, EDC developed dozens of classroom kits and accompanying teacher guides for teaching science and mathematics in the elementary and middle grades. Many spawned variations still in wide use in schools today. Examples include [[Attribute blocks]] and their variants which can be found in most elementary school classrooms. Also, [[Pattern Blocks]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mathedpage.org/angles/index.html|title = Angles &#124; www.MathEd.page}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1oQAQAAMAAJ|title = Teacher's Guide for Pattern Blocks: Elementary Science Study|year = 1970|publisher = Education Development Center}}</ref> are ubiquitous in U.S. classrooms, still in the very same form (colors and size) as EDC originally created them more than 50 years ago.

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==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Non-profit organizations based in Massachusetts]]
* [http://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSearchViewPDF.aspx Articles of Incorporation]


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Latest revision as of 00:58, 7 November 2024

For the South Australian conference centre, see Department for Education (South Australia) § Education Development Centre.
Education Development Center
FoundedAugust 11, 1958; 66 years ago (1958-08-11)[1]
Merger ofEducational Services Incorporated,
Institute for Educational Innovation[1]
TypeNonprofit research and development organization
04-2241718[2]
Legal status501(c)(3)[2]
PurposeTo design, implement, and evaluate programs to improve education, health, and economic opportunity worldwide.[3]
Headquarters43 Foundry Avenue,
Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S.
Coordinates42°22′14″N 71°13′09″W / 42.370611°N 71.219119°W / 42.370611; -71.219119
Area served
United States and 20 countries
Vivien Stewart[4]
David Offensend[5]
SubsidiariesEducation Dev Center Program in Nigeria Limited by Guarantee[3]
Revenue$146,566,862[3] (2017)
Expenses$145,050,590[3] (2017)
Employees900 in U.S.,[3]
400 outside U.S.[6] (2016)
Websitewww.edc.org

The Education Development Center (EDC) is a global nonprofit organization to improve education, promote health, and expand economic opportunity across the United States and in more than 80 other countries. EDC headquarters are in Waltham, Massachusetts, and main offices in Washington, D.C., New York City, and Chicago. EDC has 1,400 employees worldwide.

EDC uses technology, most notably radio, to provide educational opportunities for hard to reach learners. During the 2014 Ebola outbreak in Liberia, EDC and its partners used radio to provide lessons to students whose schools were closed due to the disease.[7] Research conducted by EDC on teen smoking has been cited by communities and states as they consider raising the age to purchase tobacco to 21.[8][9] EDC also works to improve the knowledge base in early childhood development.[10]

Twice named in The Boston Globe’s 'Top Places to Work',[11] EDC maintains a staff composed of scientists, researchers, mathematicians, educators, and health and technology specialists. Staff expertise includes research, training, policy, curriculum and materials development, as well as education technology, and their activities range from small seed projects to large-scale national and international initiatives.

History

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EDC created the curriculum Man: A Course of Study. The organization was founded (as Educational Services, Inc.) by Jerrold Zacharias, a physics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who started the Physical Science Study Committee, and is credited with developing PSSC Physics, funded by the National Science Foundation. PSSC Physics focused on science as the product of experiment and theory, constructed by real people. EDC introduced it successfully in schools across the country and eventually in many parts of the world.[12][13] Zacharias is credited with changing the way physics is taught in secondary schools and many of the PSSC films are still used in classrooms today.[14]

In 1964, ESI received funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to address the high rate of college dropout among African American students. In response, EDC established pre-college centers at six Historically Black Colleges and Universities to increase opportunities for low-income students. The approach was later scaled up to become the model of the federal government’s Upward Bound program.[15] In 1968, ESI merged with the Institute for Educational Innovation to form EDC.[16]

One of EDC’s earliest projects was the Elementary Science Study (ESS) funded primarily by the National Science Foundation. In the 1960s, EDC developed dozens of classroom kits and accompanying teacher guides for teaching science and mathematics in the elementary and middle grades. Many spawned variations still in wide use in schools today. Examples include Attribute blocks and their variants which can be found in most elementary school classrooms. Also, Pattern Blocks[17][18] are ubiquitous in U.S. classrooms, still in the very same form (colors and size) as EDC originally created them more than 50 years ago.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Initial Registration Form". Registry of Charitable Trusts. Office of the Attorney General. State of California. 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Education Development Center". Tax Exempt Organization Search. Internal Revenue Service. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax". Education Development Center. Guidestar. September 30, 2017.
  4. ^ "Board of Trustees". Education Development Center. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
  5. ^ "Leadership". Education Development Center. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
  6. ^ "People". Education Development Center. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
  7. ^ "As Ebola relief ramps up, other aid efforts stumble in West Africa". Christian Science Monitor. 19 October 2014.
  8. ^ "Flavoring, other additives increase cigarettes' addictiveness". Reuters. 2015-07-31. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  9. ^ "Will voters try to repeal California's 21+ smoking age law?". Christian Science Monitor. 5 May 2016.
  10. ^ Jacobson, David (10 May 2017). "Four Education Priorities Democrats and Republicans Can Agree on". Education Week.
  11. ^ "Boston.com - The Globe 100's Top Places to Work - 2008 - Education Development Center Jobs". archive.boston.com. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  12. ^ "Reflecting on Sputnik - Lappan 3". Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  13. ^ Norman F. Ramsey. "Jerrold R. Zacharias (1905-1986)" (PDF). National Academy of Sciences website. Retrieved 6/15/2016
  14. ^ "Full-Contact Physics".
  15. ^ "Do You Know TRIO?" (PDF). National TRIO Clearinghouse. July 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 1, 2023.
  16. ^ Alexander, Geoff (2010). Academic Films for the Classroom: A History. Jefferson: McFarland & Co. p. 86. ISBN 9780786458707. OCLC 601049093. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  17. ^ "Angles | www.MathEd.page".
  18. ^ "Teacher's Guide for Pattern Blocks: Elementary Science Study". Education Development Center. 1970.
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