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essentials Education Market Association SUMMER 2017 contents HEADQUARTERS STAFF PRESIDENT/CEO Jim McGarry [email protected] ext. 1029 VP - COMMUNICATIONS & EDUCATION Adrienne Dayton [email protected] ext. 1031 6 VP - OPERATIONS & MEMBERSHIP Karen Prince [email protected] ext. 1035 VP - MEETINGS & EVENTS Joe Tucker CEM, CMP [email protected] ext. 1041 DIRECTOR OF MARKETING Allegra Tasaki [email protected] ext. 1025 DIRECTOR OF SALES & DEVELOPMENT Scott Beyer [email protected] ext. 1026 14 WEBMASTER Elizabeth Bradtke [email protected] ext. 1040 ext. 1032 24 4..............Member Spotlight 22...........From the Marketing Side 6.................Classroom Trends Report 24...........Charitable Reuse 10...........Disruptive Classroom Technologies 28...........Toys & Games the Sharpen Kids’ Minds 14...........Follow the Money 16...........Surviving Amazon Business 31...........Empathetic By Design 18..........A Turbulent Time for Education 34...........President’s Perspective CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER Tamara Davis [email protected] ext. 1028 Education Market Association (EDmarket) 8380 Colesville Road | Suite 250 Silver Spring, MD 20910 phone: 301.495.0240 fax: 301.495.3330 e-mail: [email protected] web: www.edmarket.org ON THE COVER: Garden City High School in Garden City, KS. Courtesy of DLR Group, photographer Alistair Tutton. NEXT ISSUE: To advertise or place “Industry News” in the Fall 2017 issue, submit materials by September 15, 2017. For ad rates and news release guidelines, call: 800.395.5550, ext. 1031; email: [email protected]; or visit: www.edmarket.org/publications/