The great promise of technology is its ability to open new channels of communication that spread information and bring people together. The Global Learning Portal (GLP) is doing just that.

The portal is a powerful tool for thousands of teachers, administrators, and education policymakers around the world. It offers educators—particularly those in developing countries—online discussions, professional development, and a library full of materials on teaching, learning, and research. Teachers around the world are using the portal to improve classroom instruction.

"GLP has helped me improve my professional skills," said said Ssewanyana Teopistsa, a teacher in Uganda. "For example, I used the GLP Library and read through various lesson plans of mathematics, English and social studies from Zimbabwe and South Africa that helped me enhance my own lesson plans with follow-up activities for my students."

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Every day, in communities across the country, educators, business leaders, community organizers, students, and policymakers are working to bring about positive social change.

The success of these local efforts depends on the right blend of leadership, community involvement, and capacity building to empower individuals, organizations, and systems to create a better future.

As a national social change organization working throughout the United States, AED helps communities find the right balance and offers them unique opportunities to take their programs, policies, and practices in valuable new directions. Three projects illustrate how AED’s national perspective enriches local social change efforts.

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The Liberia Resource Mobilization Committee and AED are hosting a Gala Dinner on Saturday, November 20th to raise funds for Liberia's children.

Funds will help rehabilitate battered Liberian schools, provide school supplies and computers for students and support sports programs in 97 war-torn communities.
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