One of publishing’s most important market sectors is education. The IPA supports this vital sector through our Educational Publishers Forum (EPF), chaired by Stephan de Valk (MEVW, Netherlands), which brings together professional educational publishers from around the world. The mission of educational publishers is to provide the learning resources that teachers need to best implement curricula, in ways that will lead to better learning outcomes. The EPF believes in three core principles to achieve this goal:

  1. Choice
  2. Local solutions
  3. Collaboration

 

To do this, publishers need: