The Appalachia Regional Comprehensive Center (ARCC) serves State Educational Agencies (SEAs) in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Our key objective is to provide high-quality, relevant, and useful technical assistance that enhances specific SEA capacities to undertake state education reforms successfully, support district and school implementation of reforms, and maintain effectiveness once our services are complete. » more info
A key challenge facing education today is to improve the way teachers teach and students learn in the context of declining public budgets, rapid technological advances, increasing global competition, and other large-scale social and political changes. SEAs sit at the hub of this important work. SEAs are responsible for implementing federal and state education policies and helping districts and schools accomplish key goals. One way that the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) supports SEA efforts is through the Comprehensive Centers (CC) program. » more info
Across the Appalachian region, the ARCC and state departments of education partner to undertake comprehensive reforms that improve systems of support for districts, schools, and educators so that they, in turn, can better serve students. » more info