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If you can't find what you're looking for on the AEP website, chances are we can lead you to the website that can. Below is a list of relevant links to valuable industry resources.

Advocacy
Education Research and Trends
Market Research and Trends
Publishing
Technology

Advocacy

• Center for Education Funding — updates on federal education funding, position statements, advocacy materials, voting records, events, and publications.
• Education Commission of the States — interstate compact for state policymakers and education leaders to exchange information.
• Kids in the Know — lobbying effort by  education-minded organizations concerned about student privacy issues as they affect educational publishers.
• Federal Communications Commission — daily business updates from the communications regulation agency.
• Public Agenda Online — the education page of this public-opinion research and citizen-education organization.

Education Research and Trends

• Consortium for Policy Research in Education — reports on K-12 policy, finance, school reform, and school governance by the universities of Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin-Madison, as well as Harvard and Stanford.
• Department of Education (U.S.) — reports and statistical studies, also outside resources, and information about government education initiatives.
• Edweek — the latest from this leading source of education reportage; also check out the extensive, searchable archives.
• Education Trust — research and advocacy organization focusing on high academic achievement for all, especially low-income and minority students, those most often "left behind."
• International Society for Technology in Education — news from this organization for education-technology professionals, including the latest Technology Standards for School Administrators.
• Internet2 — U.S. universities working with industry and government to develop advanced network applications and technologies.
• National Association of Elementary School Principals
• National Association of Secondary School Principals
• National Association of State Boards of Education — the latest news as reported by state boards around the country.
• National Board for Professional Teaching Standards — initiative to strengthen the teaching profession.
• National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education — evaluates teacher-training programs.
• National Science Teachers Association
• Rand Corp. — Education studies by this policy research group focus on a range of topics, including teachers and their methods, K-12 assessment and accountability, and school reform.

Market Research and Trends

• CEO Forum on Education & Technology — policy papers from the consortium of business and education groups.
• Children's Software Revue — Of special interest to publishers, magazine prints and syndicates critical reviews. Ratings criteria explained.
• Education Market Research — specializes in K-12 school/library market research publications.
• General Accounting Office (U.S.) — includes reports archive, updated daily.
• Internet Monitor —  tips and resources for educational publishers.
• Market Data Retrieval — indexes and reports on current trends in the education market including annual directories with detailed information on all U.S. K-12 schools and school technology market information.
• Publishers Resource Group — national and state education news including state adoption schedules.
• Quality Education Data — research and database focused exclusively on education marketing and trends in the United States and Canada; also offers database design and teacher information lists.
• SellingtoSchools.com—SellingToSchools helps companies that market and sell educational technology to the K-12 schools be successful by providing free sales, marketing, and channel advice from education-market experts, plus school market research and education marketing reports and other K-12 market intelligence resources via the STS online store.

Publishing

• Digital Assets Management — from QBC Publishing, a guide to storing, identifying, locating, and retrieving editorial and art assets; article and PDF booklet.
• Stanford Professional Publishing Courses — Stanford University offers four highly tailored courses for working professionals: The Stanford Professional Publishing Course, Publishing on the Web, Strategic Planning for Publishing Executives and Virtual Seminars. The courses are designed for people who want to expand their expertise in the business of publishing. Our participants are drawn from publishing companies, associations, corporations, and non-profits throughout the U.S. and around the globe.
• U.S. Copyright Office — Search copyright information.

Technology

• Benton Foundation — seeks to "articulate a public-interest vision for the digital age."
• Consortium for School Networking — various initiatives promoting the use of telecommunications to improve K-12 learning; postings include Action Alerts.
• E-School News publications — digests and reports from the school-technology newspaper.
• International Society for Technology in Education — news from this organization for education-technology professionals, including the latest Technology Standards for School Administrators .
• Internet2 — U.S. universities working with industry and government to develop advanced network applications and technologies. 
• Pew Internet Project —  reports on the Internet in American life, including some on education.
• Software and Information Industry Association — lobbies on issues; also presents annual Codie awards.
• U.S. Census Bureau Report — "Nine in 10 School-Age Children Have Computer Access; Internet Use Pervasive"

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