EDCO
is a voluntary collaborative of 21
urban and suburban school districts
serving the Greater Boston Metropolitan
area and governed by a 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
are in alignment with EDCO's mission,
reflect those priorities of EDCO’s
primary constituencies, and are provided
in a cost effective manner through interdistrict
and interagency collaboration.
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:
•
Offer
supportive learning environment for
Boston students who are at-risk, non-attenders,
drop-out, or have dropped out, so they
can graduate
•
Welcome
children of migrant workers and provide
them education and
family literacy services
•
Serve
teachers and administrators from member
and non-member school districts in professional
development programs
•
Provide
habilitative services to developmentally
challenged consumers
•
Provide
comprehensive educational programming
to deaf and hard of hearing students
from 30 communities
•
Provide
special education programs for students
with behavioral and emotional challenges
•
Support
children whose parents cannot participate
in the special education decision making
process through an extensive network
of trained volunteers
