I am proud to be working at a company that is involved in pushing and training the future in educational game design: AMD’s Changing the Game Initiative - http://www.amd.com/us/aboutamd/corporate-information/corporate-responsibility/community/changing-the-game/Pages/information.aspx
Others that are working to support and develop this field include the MacArthur Foundation, E-line Media and non-profits such as: http://www.instituteofplay.org/. These have come together to introduce: http://gamestarmechanic.com/
This was a great presentation given at AMD in April 2011: http://earthsky.org/human-world/alan-gershenfeld-on-video-games-for-learning-science