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AEP's online press kit is a one-stop source of information for media professionals. Here you'll find background on AEP, as well as fact sheets on our major events and programs.

About AEP

Welcome to The Association of Educational Publishers (AEP),  the national, nonprofit professional organization for educational publishers.

Vision Statement

The Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) envisions a thriving educational publishing industry that provides quality materials for every educator and student.

Mission Statement

The Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) supports the growth of supplemental educational publishing in all media by:

• Promoting supplemental materials in all media as essential learning resources
• Strengthening the educational publishing community through opportunities for collaboration, interaction and communication within the industry and beyond
• Providing research, information and analysis to the industry
• Representing the association’s interests on issues impacting educational publishers, educators and students to state and federal governmental agencies
• Providing quality professional development
• Affording recognition and visibility for members and educational publishing leaders and innovators

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History

The Educational Press Association of America was founded in 1895 by a small group of editors to exchange information and to promote open expression of educational opinion. For more than 100 years, it existed as a university-supported organization, most recently on the campus of Rowan University in Glassboro, N.J.

As technology grew, publishing expanded from print to multimedia. So in 1995, the board decided that the Association should be expanded to reflect the changing publishing industry. Today, the organization, renamed The Association of Educational Publishers, is supported by nearly 400 print and digital publishers of all sizes and in all media.

Now self-sustaining and in headquarters of its own, the Association has expanded its programs to provide information, training, and outreach necessary to the development of quality educational materials. AEP  facilitates communication among key interest groups such as educators, policy makers, educational foundations and associations, business and the education media. AEP continues to increase public awareness of the role of supplemental learning resources in successful teaching and learning.

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Board of Directors

Executive Committee

• President: Rachelle Cracchiolo is the President & CEO of Teacher Created Materials.
• President-Elect: Richard Casabonne is CEO of Casabonne Associates Inc.
• Vice President: Suzanne I. Barchers, Ed. D., is Editor in Chief and Vice President, LeapFrog SchoolHouse.
• Treasurer: Neal Goff is President of Weekly Reader Publishing Group.
• CEO: Charlene F. Gaynor came to AEP from Learning, a national magazine for elementary teachers, where she was publisher.

Directors

• Dan Caton, President, McGraw-Hill Learning Group
• Bill Edwards, President, Siboney Learning Group
• Dennis Hand, Vice President of Operations, Frog Publications
• Fady Khairallah, President & General Manager, Market Data Retrieval
• James Kohlmoos, President, National Education Knowledge Industry Association
• Andy Lacy, President, Quality Education Data, Inc.
• Kevin McAliley, CEO, Triumph Learning, LLC
• Paul McFall, Senior Vice President, Curriculum, Pearson
• Tom Milano, President and CEO, Saddleback Educational Publishing
• Bob Page, President, Zaner-Bloser Educational Publishers, Inc.
• Bernice Stafford, Consultant
• Mark Stevens, Senior Consultant for Online Educational Services, NEA Member Benefits
• Paul Thomas, Vice President for Publishing, Partnerships and Research, Discovery Education
• Randy Wilhelm, CEO and Co-Founder, Thinkronize, Inc.
• Lee Wilson, Principal, Headway Strategies

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Fact Sheets

• AEP Fact Sheet
  Mission statement, main functions, overview and characteristics of members

• Go Global
  A program that facilitates business relationships between American publishers and their international counterparts through events at the Frankfurt Book Fair and Beijing International Book Fair

• Educational Publishing Summit
  The only professional development and networking event constructed exclusively around the needs of the educational publishing community
   

*Please check back - fact sheets on all AEP events will be posted shortly.

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