REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL LABORATORIES

NWREL WestEd PREL McREL SEDL NCREL AEL SERVE LAB LSS
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The Regional Educational Laboratories are educational research and development organizations supported by contracts with the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education.

The website relnetwork.org is a central organizer for their Internet-based Educational R&D Network.

Select the Lab from the map above or the list below, to branch to that region's web server.
 

Appalachian Region

States Served: KY, TN, VA, WV
Organization: Appalachia Educational Laboratory, Inc. AEL
CEO: Allen Arnold
Director: Doris Redfield
Address:

P.O. Box 1348, Charleston, WV 25325-1348
Phone: (304) 347-0400 or (800) 624-9120
Fax: (304) 347-0487

Specialty Area: Educational Technology

Western Region

States Served: AZ, CA, NV, UT
Organization: WestEd
CEO: Glen H. Harvey
Director: Gary D. Estes
Address:

730 Harrison Street, San Francisco, CA 94107
Phone: (415) 565-3000 or (877) 4WestEd
Fax: (415) 565-3012

Specialty Area: Assessment of Educational Achievement

Central Region

States Served: CO, KS, MO, NE, ND, SD, WY
Organization: Mid-continent Regional Educational Laboratory McREL
Director: J. Timothy Waters
Address:

2550 S. Parker Road, Suite 500, Aurora, CO 80014-1678
Phone: (303) 337-0990
Fax: (303) 337-3005

Specialty Area: Standards-based Instructional Practice

Midwestern Region

States Served: IA, IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI
Organization: North Central Regional Educational Laboratory NCREL
Director: Gina Burkhardt
Address:

1120 East Diehl Road, Suite 200, Naperville, IL 60563-1486
Phone: (630) 649-6500 or (800) 356-2735
Fax: (630) 649-6700

Specialty Area: Educational Technology

Northwestern Region

States Served: AK, ID, MT, OR, WA
Organization: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory NWREL
Director: Carol F. Thomas
Address:

Address: 101 S.W. Main Street, Suite 500, Portland, OR 97204
Phone: (503) 275-9500
Fax: (503) 275-0448

Specialty Area: Re-engineering Schools for Improvement

Pacific Region

States Served: American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Hawaii, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Republic of Paleu
Organization: Pacific Region Educational Laboratory PREL
CEO: John Kofel
Director: Ronald Toma
Address:

1099 Alakea Street, 25th Floor, Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: (808) 441-1300
Fax: (808) 441-1385

Specialty Area: Curriculum and Instruction Related to Reading and Language Mastery

Northeastern Region

States Served: CT, MA, ME, NH, NY, PR, RI, VI, VT
Organization: Northeast and Islands Laboratory at Brown University LAB
Director: Mary-Beth Fafard
Address:

222 Richmond Street, Suite 300, Providence, RI 02903-4226
Phone: (401) 274-9548 or (800) 521-9550
Fax: (401) 421-7650

Specialty Area: Teaching Diverse Students

Mid-Atlantic Region

States Served: DC, DE, MD, NJ, PA
Organization: Laboratory for Student Success LSS
Director: JoAnn B. Manning
Address:

933 Ritter Annex, 13th Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19122-6091
Phone: (215) 204-3000 or (800) 892-5550

Specialty Area: Educational Leadership

Southeastern Region

States Served: AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC
Organization: SouthEastern Regional Vision for Education SERVE
Executive Director: John R. Sanders
Address:

915 Northridge Street, 2nd Floor, Greensboro, NC 27403
Phone: (800) 755-3277
Fax: (336) 315-7457

Specialty Area: Expanded Learning Opportunities

Southwestern Region

States Served: AR, LA, NM, OK, TX
Organization: Southwest Educational Development Laboratory SEDL
Director: Wesley A. Hoover
Address:

211 East Seventh Street, Austin, TX 78701
Phone: (512) 476-6861 or (800) 476-6861
Fax: (512) 476-2286

Specialty Area: Family and Community Involvement

 
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