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The West Regional Equity
Network strives to make as much useful information as possible just a
click away. These links are useful for teachers and
administrators, as well as students, parents, and other with an interest
in education and/or the national Equity Assistance Centers. We
also provide links to the 20 Comprehensive Technical Assistance Centers
located throughout the country.
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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SITES |
REGIONAL EQUITY ASSISTANCE CENTERS |
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Home Page
No Child Left
Behind
Research
and Statistics
What Works Clearinghouse
Federal Resources for
Educational Excellence
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Region
I — New England Equity Assistance Center
(serves Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode
Island, Vermont)
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Region II — Equity Assistance Center
(serves New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands)
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Region III — The Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium
(serves District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania,
Virginia, West Virginia)
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Region IV —
Southeastern Equity Center
(serves Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
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Region V
— Programs for Educational Opportunity
(serves Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin)
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Region VI — South
Central Collaborative for Equity
(serves Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
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Region VII — Midwest Equity Assistance Center
(serves Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska)
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Region VIII — Interwest Equity Assistance Center
(serves Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah,
Wyoming)
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Region X
— Equity Center
(formerly the Center for National Origin, Race, and Sex Equity)
(serves Alaska, American Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia,
Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Republic of the Marshall Islands,
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Oregon, Republic
of Palau, Washington)
Pima County
Regional Support Center
The office provides support in
Standards-Based Teacher Education and Professional Development
to countywide public schools, including large and urban
districts, small and rural districts, and all public charter
school organizations.
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COMPREHENSIVE
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Comprehensive technical assistance centers
help low-performing schools and districts close achievement gaps and
meet the goals of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
Section 203 of Title II
of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002 (TA Act)
authorizes the Department to establish not fewer than 20
comprehensive technical assistance centers to provide technical
assistance to States to benefit school districts and schools,
especially those in need of improvement.
The Secretary has
awarded a total of 20 comprehensive centers in two specific
categories:
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Fifteen (15) Regional
Centers to provide technical assistance to States
within defined geographic boundaries.
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Five (5) content
focused centers to provide expert assistance to benefit States
and districts nationwide on key issues related to the goals of
NCLB.
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One additional award
for the Great Lakes West Region Center was scheduled for December
2005.
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