Its mission is to support the growth of educational publishing and its positive impact on learning and teaching. EdPress provides information and analysis of markets and trends, education and legislative policy, learning and teaching research, and intellectual property. Member companies include national, regional and local school and teacher publications, national children's magazines, national consumer magazines with education coverage, software publishers, supplemental publishers, and broadcasters, foundations and corporations with educational programs. Net is the first online service that helps high schools create and publish their student newspapers on the Internet. This award-winning service allows educators to provide students with an online publishing endeavor without the need to know HTML, receive training or read manuals.
Net is free to schools across the U.S. and abroad.
To date, Highwired. Net's growing network has been embraced by more than 500 schools in 49 states and 12 foreign countries. Launched in April 1998, Highwired. The company's Web site includes a free demo, an online registration form for schools, answers to frequently asked questions, and the ability to view Highwired. Net schools on the Web.