To engage our community in fulfilling its responsibility to ensure that excellence in education is available to all public school students and that they are prepared for success in college, career, and life.
The Worcester Education Collaborative (WEC) is an independent advocacy organization working to ensure that students in the Worcester Public Schools are given the opportunity to succeed at the highest possible level and to acquire the skills and knowledge to master the challenges of the 21st century. The Collaborative is committed to supporting, facilitating, and developing a wide variety of partnerships among families, schools, organizations, and businesses that will both enhance the quality of public education in Worcester and the quality of our common life. As a non-profit education organization, the Collaborative’s independent voice speaks for the children and for the community to create a system of effective schools in which every child is prepared for success in college, career, and life.
The work of the Collaborative flows from the belief that excellence results from a meaningful partnership among schools, families, and the community. We advance our mission by serving as:
- Partner to the public schools
- As advocate for and champion of schools, teachers, and students
- As a disseminator of best and promising practices in education for all children
- As a supportive critic of our schools and our community in the work to educate children
- And as an incubator of leaders