Education Development Center

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{{Infobox organization

| name = Education Development Center

| image =

| alt =

| type = Nonprofit research and development organization

| tax_id = 04-2241718"[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.

| status = 501(c)(3)

| founded_date = {{start date and age|1958|08|11}}

| headquarters = 43 Foundry Avenue,
Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S.

| coordinates = {{Coord|42.370611|-71.219119|display=inline,title}}

| leader_name = Ciara A. Burnham"[https://edc.org/staff/ciara-a-burnham/]". Education Development Center. Retrieved March 31, 2024.

| leader_title = Chair of the Board, Board Director and Advisor

| leader_name2 = Siobhan Murphy"[https://edc.org/insights/siobhan-murphy-named-ceo-of-education-development-center/]". Education Development Center. Retrieved March 31, 2024.

| leader_title2 = 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."[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.

| employees = 900 in U.S.,
400 outside U.S."[https://www.edc.org/people People]". Education Development Center. Retrieved May 9, 2019.

| employees_year = 2016

| revenue = $146,566,862

| revenue_year = 2017

| expenses = $145,050,590

| expenses_year = 2017

| subsidiaries = Education Dev Center Program in Nigeria Limited by Guarantee

| merger = Educational Services Incorporated,
Institute for Educational Innovation"[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.

| website = {{URL|http://www.edc.org}}

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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.{{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}}

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.{{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}}{{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}} EDC also works to improve the knowledge base in early childhood development.{{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}}

Twice named in The Boston Globe’s 'Top Places to Work',{{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}} 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.