Impact Stories
How do we know we’re making an impact? The CCNetwork’s Impact Stories illustrate the results of our work by celebrating ingenuity and collaboration and highlighting moments that sparked change in education. Written by National Comprehensive Center and Regional Comprehensive Center staff, these stories detail key strategies, important lessons, and promising solutions emerging from the CCNetwork's work with SEAs and LEAs across the country. We also share success stories of CCSSO members here as well to elevate additional examples of ways states and jurisdictions are making an impact in education. Filter by topic, Center, or state/jurisdiction to gain new ideas and to cheer for the great work happening in your area.
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National Center Forms Communities of Practice to Tackle Education’s Biggest Post-Pandemic Challenges
The National Comprehensive Center brought together state education agency teams to function as Communities of Practice to focus on critical educational issues related to equity, out-of-school time programming, and use of American Rescue Plan funds.
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Minnesota Reaps Statewide School Improvement with Unifying Framework
Recognizing the need for one unifying school improvement framework, the Minnesota Department of Education partnered with the Region 10 Comprehensive Center and developed a clear and coordinated approach for the state and district levels to use. The result was better coordination across the Minnesota Department of Education to support school improvement, the development of a multi-tiered support system framework tailored specifically for the state, and implementation support at both the state and district levels.
U.S. Virgin Island Microsite Curates Thousands of Instructional Materials with Culture in Mind
To improve student engagement and learning, the Virgin Islands Department of Education partnered with the Region 3 Comprehensive Center to create #GoOpenUSVI. Through the microsite, students and teachers now have access to thousands of high-quality open license materials that reflect students' culture as well as provide flexibility, customization, and innovation for teachers.
Academy Lifts and Transforms Leadership Skills in Puerto Rico
Working together, the Puerto Rico Department of Education (PRDE) and the Region 3 Comprehensive Center created a leadership academy entitled, the Professional Development Academy for Management, Leadership, and Professionalism (EDUGESPRO, in Spanish). Since then, EDUGESPRO has impacted more than 500 school and regional leaders in Puerto Rico and has become PRDE's signature Leadership Academy program.
Kansas and Missouri Leaders Champion Adaptability
The pandemic heightened the need for leaders to learn how to adapt to change efficiently and effectively and sometimes in real-time. To help local education agency leaders develop these skills, the Region 12 Comprehensive Center partnered with professional learning organizations in both KS and MO to create Executive Leadership Forums that provide a safe space for leaders to learn how to thrive during times of significant change.
New Framework Unites States, Districts, and Tribes to Improve Education for Native Students
Circles of Reflection, developed by National Comprehensive Center, represents a new approach aimed at supporting collaboration between state educational agencies (SEAs), local educational agencies (LEAs), and Tribal educational departments (TEDs) to lift Native voices and address Native students’ needs.
Pilot in Georgia Offers Hope for Early Literacy Improvement
To help Georgia districts meet a legislative mandate to screen all students for reading difficulties, the Georgia Department of Education launched a pilot to understand how to support them with the guidance of the Region 6 Comprehensive Center. The three-year pilot provided critical implementation data on seven pilot districts, bolstered the capacity of the Georgia Department of Education, and helped the agency better understand how to achieve policy coherence.