Academy for Educational Development

AED is a nonprofit organization that combines great ideas with real-world perspective to change lives by improving health, education, social and economic development. Focusing on the underserved, AED's worldwide staff of 2000 implements more than 300 programs serving people in all 50 U.S. states and more than 150 countries.  More | Annual Report

International Education

Teacher Teams Improve Instruction in Jordan

Meet Mohammed Dweek, a young and energetic teacher at a boys’ school in an urban area of Jordan.

Dweek and his colleagues are working together to change the way students are taught, and better prepare their pupils for the workforce.

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U.S. Health

AED Toolkit Helps Coaches Prevent Brain Injuries

More than 300,000 people in the U.S. sustain head injuries from sports and recreational activities every year.  The only cure for traumatic brain injury is prevention.

AED recently produced a set of tools coaches could use to educate atheletes, parents, and school officials about how to prevent concussions, and the appropriate actions to take when such an injury occurs.  More...

The world continues to face serious economic challenges, which is why we are focusing this issue of AED Connections on the global economy.

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