The National Center works with States and Regional Centers to enhance the quality of instruction, close achievement gaps, and improve educational outcomes for all students. To this end, we deliver high-quality universal and targeted capacity-building services and products, and work with key education stakeholders to leverage expertise and resources and, ultimately, maximize results.

We’re a nimble team, serving as valued ambassadors to the Comprehensive Center Network (CCNetwork) by promoting Center services, serving the needs of the Comprehensive Center Program and the U.S. Department of Education as a whole, and being faithful stewards of federal education resources.

Our Mission

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    Identify and address pressing education needs and trends, common high-leverage problems, and common challenges faced by States and the Regional Centers who serve them.
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    Expand the reach of CCNetwork products and services to support capacity building within States.
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    Bolster collaboration and coordination within the CCNetwork, and with other federally funded TA Centers and key national education organizations.
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    Serve as an ambassador for the Comprehensive Center Program and help the U.S. Department of Education achieve its cohesive vision for the CCNetwork.

Meet the Team

We offer a team of educators; practitioners; evaluators/researchers; and media, communications, and dissemination specialists skilled in collaborating to deliver high-quality, capacity-building support services and products.

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Our Work

The National Center provides high-quality universal and targeted capacity-building services to address common high-leverage problems, and services to address programmatic monitoring reports and audit findings, implementation challenges, and emerging national education trends.

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Comprehensive Center Network

The National Center is just one of the 20 Centers that make up the CCNetwork. Check out the CCNetwork website to learn about the Centers, search for specific topics among the Centers’ resources, and make a request for capacity-building services.

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