Publishers
association honors year's best educational products
WASHINGTON, DC--JUNE 6, 2008--The Association of Educational Publishers
(AEP), the national, nonprofit organization for educational publishers
and service providers, is pleased to announce the winners of the
2008 AEP Awards, recognizing the year's most outstanding materials
in the field of teaching and learning. The winners of this year's
Distinguished Achievement and Golden Lamp Awards were honored at
an elegant, black tie-optional gala Friday night at the JW Marriott
in Washington, DC.
According to Charlene
Gaynor, CEO of AEP, the 2008 winners exemplify what the educational publishing
industry should be and foreshadow the advancements still to come in teaching and
learning. "What struck me the most this year had to be the creative
ways companies are finding to reach the students of today and tomorrow,"
said Gaynor. "From innovative software lessons to timely books on environmental
awareness to new approaches for teaching ESL/ELL students, it's exciting to see
this industry begin to recognize and achieve its true potential in meeting the
needs of today's schools." AEP's Distinguished Achievement Awards (DAAs)
recognize the best educational resources within the categories of Curriculum,
Periodicals, and Professional Development. The DAAs are evaluated on traits such
as efficacy, usability, and overall educational value and are judged by an expert
panel of educators, editors, designers, and technology specialists. Due to the
number of winners, a complete list of DAA finalists is available on the web at
www.aepweb.org/awards/winners. The
Golden Lamp Awards are the industry's equivalent of Best Picture. The "best
of the best," Golden Lamp winners are defined by their superior use of content,
design, and fulfillment of a product's educational mission. The winners of the
2008 Golden Lamp Awards are: BOOKS
Science
Rocks!
ABDO Publishing Company INSTRUCTIONAL
MATERIALS
Hot Topics Classroom Kit
Evan-Moor Educational Publishers PERIODICALS
National
Geographic Little Kids
National Geographic Society TECHNOLOGY
ThinkQuest
Oracle
Education Foundation
The 2008 Golden Lamp Awards are sponsored by Words
& Numbers.
All AEP Award winners earn the right to display the Lamp
of Learning seal, nationally recognized by educators and administrators as a mark
of outstanding quality and achievement.
About
AEP The Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) is a nonprofit
organization that serves and advances the industry of supplemental educational
publishing. The membership of AEP represents the breadth of educational content
developers delivering progressive educational products and services in both print
and electronic formats to today's schools and colleges. AEP's thought leadership
and market insight have created ground-breaking opportunities for its members
to collaborate, network, and partner with each other as well as to acquire a voice
in the development of government education policy. Founded in 1895, AEP now assists
its members in navigating the global realities of educational publishing in the
21st century. For more information, please visit www.AEPweb.org. | 
