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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Impact Stories
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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Oregon Addresses Broad Spectrum of Needs, Including Well-Being Services
Oregon’s state education agency directed funds to three key needs: physical and mental health services, transitions for incoming kindergarteners, and post-pandemic revitalization in Tribal nations.
  • Topic(s): Education Systems & Federal Requirements, SEA Operations & Performance Management, Specific Population Groups, American Indian/Alaska Native, Student & Staff Well-Being
  • State(s): Oregon
  • Center or Affiliate: CCSSO
Guam’s Social-Emotional Learning Program for PreK Students Inspires a Ripple Effect
The Region 18 Comprehensive Center (R18CC) partnered with the Guam Department of Education to institute a pre-kindergarten program focused on social-emotional learning. So far, the technical assistance being provided by R18CC has benefited students, teachers, the community, and curriculum.
  • Topic(s): Student & Staff Well-Being, Social-Emotional Learning (SEL), Teaching & Learning, Early Education
  • State(s): Guam
  • Center or Affiliate: Region 18 Comprehensive Center
Idaho Ensures Literacy Leaders Are on the Same Page
To improve K–3 literacy, the Idaho State Department of Education worked with the Region 17 Comprehensive Center to develop The Idaho Reading Coach Academy. The Reading Coach Academy is designed to advance teacher knowledge and implementation of the science for teaching reading through consistently trained coaches.
  • Topic(s): Education Workforce, Mentoring & Coaching, Teaching & Learning, Early Education, Literacy
  • State(s): Idaho
  • Center or Affiliate: Region 17 Comprehensive Center
Equitable Access Strategies Increase Literacy Across Alaska
To meet their goal of all students being able to read at grade level by the end of third grade, the Alaska State Board of Education needed to create equitable access to strong professional development in early literacy across the state. Through the support of the Region 16 Comprehensive Center, the state’s Department of Education & Early Development office was able to better equip literacy educators, even in remote communities, through improved systems, approaches, and resources.
  • Topic(s): Equity in Education, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility, Teaching & Learning, Early Education, Literacy
  • State(s): Alaska
  • Center or Affiliate: Region 16 Comprehensive Center
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.
  • Topic(s): Education Systems & Federal Requirements, Policy & Legislation, Student & Staff Well-Being, Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS), Teaching & Learning, Early Education, Literacy
  • State(s): Georgia
  • Center or Affiliate: Region 6 Comprehensive Center
Effort to Support Early Learners Connects Wisconsin to New Community
Wisconsin’s Circles of Reflection (CoR) aimed to address early learning challenges and opportunities for American Indian and Alaska Native children and families. Developed by National Comprehensive Center’s Native Education Collaborative, CoR engages state education agencies, Tribal agencies, and local education agencies in cycles of issue discovery, stakeholder engagement, and implementation planning to provide high-quality, motivating educational experiences that improve Native students’ academic attainment.
  • Topic(s): Specific Population Groups, American Indian/Alaska Native, Teaching & Learning, Early Education
  • State(s): Wisconsin
  • Center or Affiliate: Region 10 Comprehensive Center