Where We Are

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New England Comprehensive Assistance Center
(Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont)

Co-Directors:
Wende Allen — wallen@edc.org
Maria Paz Avery — mavery@edc.org

Address:
Education Development Center, Inc.
55 Chapel Street
Newton, Massachusetts 02458-1060

Telephone:
617-618-2596 or 800-332-0226

Fax:
617-969-7578

General Email:
compcenter@edc.org

Partners:
  • Learning Innovations at WestEd



New York Technical Assistance Center
(New York State)

Executive Director:
Dr. LaMar P. Miller — lamar.miller@nyu.edu

Address:
New York University
82 Washington Square East, Suite 72
New York, New York 10003

Telephone:
800-469-8224

Fax:
212-995-4199

Partners:
  • ESCORT of the State University of New York at Oneonta
  • Hunter College of the City University of New York
  • ORBIS Associates of Washington, DC
  • RMC Research Corporation of Portsmouth, New Hampshire



Region III Comprehensive Center
(Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio and Pennsylvania)

Director:
Dr. Charlene Rivera — crivera@ceee.gwu.edu

Address:
Center for Equity and Excellence in Education
1730 North Lynn Street, Suite 401
Arlington, Virginia 22209

Telephone:
703-528-3588

Fax:
703-528-5973

Partners:
  • RMC Research Corporation
  • Research for Better Schools
  • ESCORT of the State University of New York at Oneonta



Region IV Comprehensive Center
(Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia)

Director:
Dr. Sandra Angius — angiuss@ael.org

Address:
AEL - Charleston WV
P.O. Box 1348
Charleston, WV 25325

Telephone:
304-347-1409

Fax:
304-347-0489

Partners:
  • ESCORT of the State University of New York at Oneonta
  • SERVE Regional Education Laboratory



Southeast Comprehensive Assistance Center
(Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi)

Director:
Dr. Marie Kaigler— mkaigler@sedl.org

Address:
Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
c/o UNO Jefferson Center
3330 North Causeway Boulevard, Suite 430
Metairie, LA 70002-3573

Telephone:
504-838-6861 or 800-644-8671

Fax:
504-831-5242

Partners:
  • American Indian Research and Development, Inc.
  • Texas A&M University-Kingsville



Comprehensive Center - Region VI
(Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin)

Director:
Dr. Audrey Cotherman — amcotherman@facstaff.wisc.edu

Address:
Wisconsin Center for Education Research
University of Wisconsin - Madison
1025 West Johnson Street
Madison, WI 53706

Telephone:
608-263-4220 or 888-862-7763

Fax:
608-263-3733

General Email:
ccvi@mail.wcer.wisc.edu

Partners:
  • Eastern Michigan University
  • Hamline University
Regional Education Connections:
  • Iowa Department of Education
  • Michigan Department of Education
  • Minnesota Department of Children, Families and Learning
  • North Dakota State Government
  • South Dakota Department of Education of Education and Cultural Affairs
  • Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction



Region VII Comprehensive Center
(Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma)

Executive Director:
Dr. John E. Steffens

Director:
Dr. Belinda Biscoe — bpbiscoe@ou.edu or bbiscoe123@aol.com

Address:
University of Oklahoma
555 East Constitution Street
Norman, OK 73072-7820

Telephone:
405-325-1729 or 800-228-1766

Fax:
405-325-1824

General Email:
regionvii@ou.edu

Partners:
  • PRC/Inc./Education and Evaluation Services
  • Texas A&M University-Kingsville
  • Phi Delta Kappa International
  • Inter-Tribal Associates, Inc.



STAR Center
(Texas)

Executive Director:
Dr. Maria Robledo Montecel

Site Director:
Dr. Albert Cortez

Address:
Intercultural Development Research Association
5835 Callaghan Road, Suite 350
San Antonio, TX 78228-1190

Telephone:
210-444-1710 or 888-394-7827

Fax:
210-444-1714

Partners:
  • Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin
  • RMC Research Corporation



Southwest Comprehensive Redioanl Assistance Center
(Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada and Utah)

Director:
Dr. Paul E. Martinez — pmartinez@cesdp.nmhu.edu

Address:
New Mexico Highlands University
1700 Grande Court, Suite 101
Rio Rancho, NM 87124

Telephone:
505-891-6111 or 800-247-4269

Fax:
505-891-5744

Partners:
  • Midcontinent Regional Educational Laboratory
  • WestEd
  • Indigenous Institute for Educational Excellence



Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory's Comprehensive Center
(Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming)

Executive Director:
Dr. Ethel Simon McWilliams — simone@nwrel.org

Director:
Dr. Paul Palm — palmp@nwrel.org

Address:
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
101 Southwest Main Street, Suite 500
Portland, OR 97204

Telephone:
503-275-0137 or 800-547-6339 x587

Fax:
503-275-9625

Partners:
  • Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians
  • Salish Kootenai College



Comprehensive Assistance Center WestEd
(Northern California: All counties except those served by Region XII Comprehensive Center)

Director:
Dr. Fred Tempes — ftempes@wested.org

Address:
Fred Tempes
WestEd - Oakland Office
300 Lakeside Drive
Oakland, CA 94612-3534

Telephone:
510-302-4263 or 800-64-LEARN

Fax:
510-302-4242

Partners:



Southern California Comprehensive Assistance Center
(Southern California: Imperial, Inyo, Los Angeles, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego counties)

Director:
Dr. Henry Mothner — mothner_henry@lacoe.edu

Address:
Los Angeles County Office of Education
9300 Imperial Highway
Downey, CA 90242-2890

Telephone:
562-922-6343

Fax:
562-940-1798

Partners:
  • Imperial County Office of Education
  • Inyo County Office of Education
  • Los Angeles County Office of Education
  • Office of the Mono County Superintendent of Schools
  • Orange County Department of Education
  • Riverside County Office of Education
  • San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools
  • San Diego County Office of Education



Alaska Comprehensive Regional Assistance Center
(Alaska)

Director:
Jerry Schoenberger — jerrys@serrc.org

Address:
Southeast Regional Resource Center
210 Ferry Way, Suite 200
Juneau, AK 99801

Telephone:
907-586-6806 or 888-43-AKRAC

Fax:
907-463-3811

Partners:
  • Alaska State Department of Education and Early Development
  • Northwest Regional Education Laboratory



Region XIV Comprehensive Center at ETS
(Florida, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands)

Director:
Dr. Trudy Hensley — thensley@ets.org

Address:
Region XIV Comprehensive Center at ETS
1000 North Ashley Drive, Suite 312
Tampa, FL 33602

Telephone:
800-756-9003

Fax:
813-228-0632

Partners:
  • Center for Applied Linguistics, Sunbelt Office
  • David Anchin Center at University of South Florida
  • Developing Resources for Education in America, Inc. (DREAM)
  • ESCORT of the State University of New York at Oneonta
  • Litton/PRC, Inc.



Pacific Center
[American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia (Chuuk, Kosrae,Pohnpei, and Yap), Guam, Hawaii, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Republic of Palau]

Director:
Ms. Joann Sebastian Morris — morrisj@prel.org

Address:
Pacific Resources for Education and Learning
Ali'i Place, 25th Floor
1099 Alakea Street
Honolulu, HI 96813-4513

Telephone:
808-441-1305 or 808-441-1300

Fax:
808-441-1385

Partners:
  • University of Guam-Multicultural Education Resource Center (MERC)
  • WestEd, San Francisco, CA
  • RMC Research Corporation, Denver, CO