The New England Comprehensive Assistance Center, housed at Education Development
Center, Inc. and funded by the U.S. Department of Education, provides technical
assistance in implementing school reform programs that improve teaching and
learning for all students; coordinating local, state, and federal programs in
ways that contribute to improving schools and school systems; and adopting
promising and proven practices for improving learning and teaching.
The site includes:
Information about the New England Comprehensive Assistance Center and our
mission
How to contact our staff members
Information about other Comprehensive Centers
How to contact our State Liaisons
Information and resources for the Region I states
Upcoming events
On-line resources available for downloading
Extensive links to other web sites on many areas of interest, including
Title I, Violence Prevention and Educational Technology
It is accessible to persons with disabilities, different hardware and various
software. It is being updated constantly, please check back often!
Coming Soon:
Search function that will search the NECAC site only
Technical Assistance Request Form that you can complete on-line and e-mail
directly to us
Newsgroups for the Deputy Commissioners and other groups or subjects as
requested, such as Title I or the State Liaisons
Access to EDC project and library databases
A special "Spotlight" feature: an area concentrating around a topic
including guest moderators, on-line surveys and more
Your feedback is welcome!