EDCO
is a voluntary collaborative of 21
urban and suburban school districts
serving the Greater Boston Metropolitan
area and governed by a 40-member board
of directors comprised of school
superintendents and school committee
members representing each of its member
school districts.
All EDCO programs
and services are developed and implemented
through extensive consultation with
staff in member school districts and
other sponsoring agencies. Programs
reflect those priorities of EDCO’s
primary constituencies and are provided
in a cost effective manner through interdistrict
and interagency collaboration.
The Collaborative, in its 34th year,
employs a staff of 350 full and part-time
employees, with an annual operating
budget of approximately $14 million.
Mission
Statement
•
Improving education through
interdistrict and interagency collaboration
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Providing high quality
education and related services to students-at-risk
•
Enhancing equity, intercultural
understanding and equal opportunity
in education
EDCO
conducts programs for children, adolescents,
youth at risk, families, and educators
throughout Massachusetts. Through our
diverse educational programs, we:
•
Provide
education and services to 3,000 adolescents
residing in residential programs
across the commonwealth
•
Offer
supportive environments for 100 Boston
students who are at-risk, drop-out,
court referrals or low-income
Welcome
2,000 children of migrant workers and
provide them education and
family literacy services
•
Serve
1,500 teachers and administrators from
21 school districts in professional
development programs
•
Provide
habilitative services to 500 developmentally
challenged consumers
•
Provide
comprehensive educational programming
to 50 deaf and hard of hearing students
from 30 communities
