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Senior Research Associate

Louisa Anastasopoulos has extensive knowledge of early language and literacy development and early childhood programs, with expertise in research and evaluation project management, including the development of data quality control systems, data analysis, and formative feedback.

43 Foundry Avenue
Waltham, Massachusetts 02453-8313

Managing Project Director

Throughout her career in education, Maria-Paz Avery has brought a keen sensitivity to the importance of viewing the performance of schools as embedded in the context of district and state supports. She has consulted extensively on organizational and multicultural issues with schools throughout the...

43 Foundry Avenue
Waltham, Massachusetts 02453-8313

Research Scientist

Harouna Ba has extensive experience in investigating the contexts of children’s development of digital literacy skills, and evaluation of the impact of complex multimedia and interdisciplinary programs in formal as well as informal educational settings.

96 Morton Street, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10014

Senior Project Director

Eden M. Badertscher brings extensive expertise in teacher education, mathematics curriculum and professional development, alignment with the Common Core State Standards and other standards, and advancing effective mathematics instruction in urban school districts. In the...

43 Foundry Avenue
Waltham, Massachusetts 02453-8313

Senior Curriculum/Instructional Design Associate

Irene Baker has more than 20 years of experience developing content materials for high school science students and teachers. She has worked on a project- and inquiry-based curriculum that promotes understanding of the big ideas that frame science disciplines, supplemental content overviews for...

43 Foundry Avenue
Waltham, Massachusetts 02453-8313

Associate Project Director for Business

Joyce Balich brings more than 13 years of experience working with organizations to provide them with EdTech Leaders Online (ETLO) services and products. As Associate Project Director for Business, she works with client organizations nationwide to manage program orientation and participant...

43 Foundry Avenue
Waltham, Massachusetts 02453-8313

Senior Project Director

With more than 25 years of experience in science, science education, and the educational uses of technology, Kristen Bjork is an expert at creating authentic and engaging learning experiences in STEM for students of all ages and backgrounds.

43 Foundry Avenue
Waltham, Massachusetts 02453-8313

Research Scientist

Katrina L. Bledsoe has over 17 years of experience conducting research and evaluation at the local and federal levels. She leads evaluations of initiatives focused on curriculum development in the sciences and social sciences, teacher professional development, mental health issues such as suicide...

1025 Thomas Jefferson Street, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20007

Senior Curriculum/Instructional Design Associate

Jacqueline Bourassa brings more than 35 years of public education experience, with a special focus on literacy as a vehicle for school improvement. For the past decade, she has advanced the translation of research into practice to help teachers refine instructional practice and...

43 Foundry Avenue
Waltham, Massachusetts 02453-8313

Senior Vice President and Division Director

Joanne Brady is the Director of EDC’s Learning and Teaching Division and a member of EDC’s policy-making management council. Brady is recognized in the United States and abroad for contributions to the fields of child development,...

43 Foundry Avenue
Waltham, Massachusetts 02453-8313

Managing Project Director

For the past 15 years, Barbara Brauner Berns has focused on science education with an emphasis on capacity building, curriculum implementation, state policy, and systemic change. She believes that strong partnerships contribute to the improvement of science education.

43 Foundry Avenue
Waltham, Massachusetts 02453-8313

Senior Project Director

Siobhan Bredin brings to her work more than 25 years of experience in education program and project management, collaborative technical assistance, learning-community development, and information architecture design. As Product Manager for Online Learning for the National Center on Program...

43 Foundry Avenue
Waltham, Massachusetts 02453-8313

Senior Research Associate

Meghan Broadstone has extensive experience in program evaluation with a focus on after-school programs and other educational programs that reach young children.

She is evaluating the Head Start National Center for Program Management and Fiscal Operations, and the Head Start National Center...

43 Foundry Avenue
Waltham, Massachusetts 02453-8313

Project Director

Amy Brodesky has been a mathematics curriculum developer and professional development specialist at EDC for more than 20 years. Over the past decade, she has focused her attention on improving mathematics instruction for students with disabilities, leading five related National Science Foundation (...

43 Foundry Avenue
Waltham, Massachusetts 02453-8313

Project Director

Christine Brown brings more than 14 years of experience in developing high school science materials. Brown oversees a portfolio of work across a wide range of areas including the National Science Foundation-funded Ocean Tracks project, an initiative to develop a website that involves students in...

43 Foundry Avenue
Waltham, MA 02453

Senior Research Scientist

Cornelia Brunner has been involved in the research, production, and teaching of educational technology in a variety of subject areas for thirty years. In addition to conducting research projects about the relationship between learning, teaching, and technology, she has designed and implemented...

96 Morton Street, 7th Floor
New York, New York 10014

Associate Director for Administration

Laura Bryant has served as CCT's business manager since the organization's inception. She prepares and monitors budgets, manages the office, facilities and personnel, and serves as the liaison to EDC headquarters in Waltham, Mass.

96 Morton Street, 7th Fl
New York, New York 10014

Senior Project Director

Pam Buffington provides technical assistance in evidence-based policy development and decision-making to state and local education agencies and is a project leader in the development and management of multiple professional development initiatives. She is an expert in technology integration in...

36 Brunswick Avenue
Gardiner, Maine 04345

Project Director II

Wes Burgar is Operations Manager of EDC’s Head Start National Center on Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness. He brings more than 30 years of experience in the general management of logistics, budgeting, finance and accounting, and human resources. Burgar leads the operations of the NCCLR,...

699 Hampshire Road, Suite 210
Westlake Village, California 91361

Project Director

Mary Burns brings more than 20 years of experience in teaching, curriculum development, teacher professional development, Website and database design, qualitative research and evaluation, and instructional design—primarily in educational technology.

43 Foundry Avenue
Waltham, Massachusetts 02453-8313