Our Work | Comprehensive Center Network

The National Center team is developing and delivering high-quality capacity-building products and services in various high-priority and high-leverage topics.

Education Stories from the Field

This project represents actions taken by state and local leaders in response to a major disruption in their state: the COVID-19 pandemic.

Succeeding During the Pandemic

This collection will help Regional Centers, state and local education agencies, educators, and parents as they collectively navigate schooling during times of disruption.

Continuity of learning and online instruction
Response to disruptions
Financial and budgeting decisions

Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Learning and Trauma-Informed Practice

This collection raises awareness and provides tools for of trauma-informed practices (TIPs) and Social Emotional Learning (SEL) strategies.

Understand biological, psychological, and social consequences of trauma and toxic stress
Reduce their negative effects on students, staff, and the school system
Provide guidance on the importance of, and strategies to implement, TIPs and SEL strategies

Native Education Collaborative

Native Education Collaborative: A collection of educational resources to better serve American Indian and Alaska Native students within their learning environment. Supporting materials included for areas such as:

Tribal Consultation and Sovereignty
Native Culture and Language
Teachers and Leaders
College and Career Readiness and Access
Physical and Behavioral Health
Promising Programs and Practices

Strengthen and Diversify the Educator Workforce

This collection is to support State Education Agencies and the Regional Comprehensive Centers that support them to identify and address gaps along the educator career pathway and develop a diverse and culturally competent workforce.

Equity in Education

This collection provides resources and raises awareness around ensuring equitable education for all children

STEM and Computer Science Resources

This collection includes resources for State Education Agencies, Regional Centers, and Local Education Agencies to support utilization and integration of STEM and Computer Science standards to improve student outcomes through curriculum design and formative assessment loops.

Financial Transparency & Decision Making

This collection includes resources to support State Education Agencies (SEAs), Regional Centers (RCs) and Local Education Agencies (LEAs) in making complex financial decisions about how to spend the approximately $650 billion per year in our K-12 education system dollars.

Literacy

This collection focuses on strategies that state education agencies can use to improve language and literacy outcomes.

Policy guidance for districts and schools
Identify and implement evidence based practices
Ensure reading success

School Choice

This collection includes a set of seven policy briefs designed to support states and regional centers to better understand the different types of school choice policies that exist.

Education for Students in Foster Care

This collection offers state and local points of contacts with Guidance and other resources to ensure that students placed in foster care can access and experience success in school.