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Our mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access. ED is dedicated to: • Establishing policies on federal financial aid for education, and distributing as well as monitoring those funds. • Collecting data on America's schools and disseminating research. • Focusing national attention on key educational issues. • Prohibiting discrimination and ensuring equal access to education.

Founded in 1930, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is a professional membership organization of 67,000 pediatricians committed to the optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. AAP is the nation’s leading advocacy organization for children, and the leading source of children’s health-related information for pediatricians and their patients. AAP also oversees HealthyChildren.org, the only parenting website backed by pediatricians, and has the largest pediatric publishing program in the world, with more than 300 titles for consumers and over 500 for physicians and other health care professionals, including Pediatrics, its monthly scientific journal, and AAP News, its membership news magazine. For more information on AAP publications, please visit http://www.aappublications.org. AAP headquarters is in Itasca, IL.; AAP also operates a federal affairs office in Washington, DC. Join our team and play a role in shaping the way children’s health is provided in the U.S. Since 2005, AAP has been named one of the 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work for in Chicagoland. Work at the AAP and make a difference! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG7lDZImF0Q Connect with us on social media: AAP Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmerAcadPeds AAP Twitter: https://twitter.com/AmerAcadPeds AAP Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ameracadpeds/ Healthy Children Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/healthychildren Healthy Children Twitter: https://twitter.com/healthychildren Healthy Children Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healthychildrenaap/ Healthy Children Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/healthychildrenaap/ Healthy Children in Español Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HealthyChildrenEspanol Healthy Children in Español Twitter: https://twitter.com/aapninossanos AAP News Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AAPNews AAP News Twitter: https://twitter.com/aapnews

The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-style sports for all children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy, and participate in a sharing of skills and friendship with their families, Special Olympics athletes and the community.