The Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) was a U.S.
non-profit organization
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for educational publishers. It was active in public awareness campaigns on effective educational resources, as well as aiding communication between educational organizations, such as
policy makers,
teacher
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''Informally'' the role of teacher may be taken on by anyone (e.g. w ...
s, educational foundations and associations, and the education media. It was founded in 1895 as Educational Press Association of America and was primarily a university-based association for most of its history. More information about the history and development of Educational Periodicals, Publishing companies and Educational Press Associations was recorded at the meeting of Experts in the Educational Press in
Geneva
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, 14–18 July 1958.
The AEP merged with the school division of the
Association of American Publishers
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) is the national trade association of the American book publishing industry. AAP lobbies for book, journal and education publishers in the United States. AAP members include most of the major commercial ...
in 2013.
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