Academy for Educational Development
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AED is a nonprofit organization working globally to improve education, health, social and economic development.
 Since its founding in 1961, AED has worked to improve decision making for educational reform and workforce development in the United States. We work at all levels of the education system, focusing on teacher preparation and student achievement. Programs support children with disabilities, Migrant Head Start, high-school and middle-school reform, youth engagement, and access to higher education. For more than 30 years, AED has worked to increase access to quality K-12 education in more than 30 developing countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. AED's efforts have focused on improving teaching and learning, involving parents in schools, creating more opportunities for girls, and integrating technology into education strategies.
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Morocco has made impressive economic and social strides in recent years.
Bridge to Employment (BTE) is in an effort to reform education by communicating to at-risk students that learning can be meaningful, engaging, and relevant.
AED is host to the National Middle Start Center, through which it
1) provides school-site professional development to teachers and administrators to improve teaching and learning; and
2) coordinates regional networks of schools, districts, universities, advocacy groups, and research and evaluation organizations that provide support and professional development to schools, as well as fosters accountability for student learning to schools in Michigan and the Mid South region.
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