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The mission of the Center for Collaborative Education (CCE) is to transform schools to ensure that all students succeed.

The Why of Our Work

Founded in 1994, CCE envisions a just and equitable world where every student is college- and career-ready and prepared to become a compassionate, thoughtful, and contributing global citizen. CCE partners with public schools and districts to create and sustain effective and equitable schools.

It's All About Educational Equity

Our staff is fueled by a passion to attain educational equity*—the creation of belief systems and educational policies, practices, and programs, necessary to:

  • Provide barrier-free cultures for any student group, particularly students within historically underserved groups, in which respect and dialogue are the norm
  • Provide equitable educational opportunities along with differentiated support and resources to ensure that every student, in all subgroups, demonstrates competency over rigorous standards for academic performance

We strive to contribute to planned, systemic strategies that focus on the core of the teaching and learning process (curriculum, instruction, assessment, and culture). We believe that equity encompasses an ongoing process of examination of data, inquiry, action, and reflection. We aspire to be, and develop, leaders who communicate and act upon an equity belief system to create equity-driven schools.

* Adapted from “Educational Equity Defined” by Barbara Bitters

Our Impact

Through our four strategic program areas, CCE drives our mission forward with a number of student-centered initiatives nationwide. Here's just a sample of the ways we're making an impact in our communities:


We're supporting Massachusetts educators through the Essex County Learning Community, providing professional learning focused on creating equitable learning opportunities for students with learning differences.


We're engaging with legislators, school districts, and teachers across the state to move the Massachusetts Consortium for Innovative Education Assessment forward in the hopes of providing engaging, equitable alternatives to standardized tests.


We're working with the New Hampshire Department of Education to bring Quality Performance Assessments to New Hampshire in place of standardized tests. These assessments complement students' day-to-day work and support deeper learning.


We're giving future teachers and leaders the tools they need to close the achievement gap in Los Angeles public schools and improve instructional quality with the Los Angeles Urban Teachers Residency and Los Angeles New Administrators Program.


We conduct research
to inform the work of educators, policy makers, and our communities in our ongoing effort to address achievement gaps and catalyze change. We publish our findings on CCE's Publications page.

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Affiliation

Coalition of Essential Schools

CCE is the Regional Center for those schools affiliated with the national Coalition of Essential Schools reform initiative. Coalition schools organize learning, teaching, and assessment around ten common principles, including students learning to use their minds well, “less is more,” personalization, student as worker, and exhibitions as demonstration of mastery.

Affiliation

National Turning Points

From 2001-2005, CCE served as the National Turning Points Center, a New American Schools-recognized reform model for creating high-performing middle schools, based on the principles and practices for effective middle schools outlined in the national Turning Points report (Carnegie Corporation, 1989). Schools that follow the Turning Points model engage in improving learning, teaching, and assessment, building a professional collaborative culture, engaging in data-based inquiry and decision making, and creating structures that support high achievement and personal development.

We continue to respond to inquiries from schools and provide books and literature when possible. If you have a question or need for Turning Points Guides, please visit Publications or contact us at info@ccebos.org.

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Our two-page organizational brochure provides an overview of CCE, highlighting our vision, mission, and individual program areas.

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Center for Collaborative Education
33 Harrison Avenue, 6th Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02111
Phone: (617) 421-0134
Fax: (617) 421-9016
Email: info@ccebos.org
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