Northwest Comprehensive Center

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Andy Hargreaves

NWCC To Launch Rural School Improvement Network

Internationally known researchers and educators Andy Hargreaves and Dennis Shirley will lend their considerable expertise to a major regional initiative planned by the Northwest Comprehensive Center (NWCC). The two authors and Boston College professors will work with NWCC, state education agencies, and rural schools throughout the Northwest to create school-to-school networked communities. Through these networks, schools will share common problems of practice and work to significantly improve student outcomes.

TA Priorities

We’re working with Northwest states to meet a variety of needs, including...

NWCC is part of a nationwide network of 15 regional technical assistance centers established by the U.S. Department of Education. The Comprehensive Centers were created to deliver high-quality technical assistance, information, and resources to state education agencies (SEAs). Chartered in the Pacific Northwest in 1966 as Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, Education Northwest now conducts more than 200 projects annually, working with schools, districts, and communities on evidence-based solutions to the challenges they face.