The Northwest Comprehensive Center at Education Northwest

Serving Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington state.

Education Northwest is honored to lead the Northwest Comprehensive Center (CC), a federally funded technical assistance center serving Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. Our Northwest CC team supports education agencies across these states to select, implement, and sustain evidence-based programs, practices, and interventions that strengthen instruction and improve student outcomes.

Education Northwest will operate the Northwest CC over a five-year grant cycle that began in fall 2024. We are proud to have operated CCs in the Northwest since the program’s inception in 2002.


Comprehensive Center Goals

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    Improve educational opportunities and outcomes for all students

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    Close opportunity and achievement gaps

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    Improve the quality of instruction, particularly for groups of students who are most underserved


The National Comprehensive Center Network

The Northwest Comprehensive Center is part of a national network that provides customized capacity-building services to regional, Tribal, state, and local education agencies and schools. The CC Network is a grant program within the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Elementary and Secondary Education.


Jennifer Esswein

Jennifer Esswein

Director

Cortney Rowland

Cortney Rowland

Director