Education Development Center - Education Development Center

Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) is a nonprofit research and development organization 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.

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. . 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. Research conducted by EDC on teen smoking, has been cited by numerous communities and states as they consider raising the age to purchase tobacco to 21.

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