Alliances
Ten
Washington State LASER Alliances are supported with generous support from
Washington’s Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. The LASER
Alliances provide training, guidance, and technical support to districts that
are considering participation in LASER, as well as to districts that are already
in various stages of implementing the program. Each alliance comprises members
from a myriad of educational and scientific institutions (e.g., school districts,
ESDs, and universities).
The ten Alliances are:
- Mountain to Harbor, alliance region coincides with the boundaries of ESD 113.
- North Central, a collaboration of 17 school districts and ESD 171 based in Wenatchee.
- Northeast, NEWSERC (North East Washington Science Education Resource Center) is housed at ESD 101 in Spokane.
- North Sound, coordinated through the Center for Inquiry Science at the Institute for Systems Biology.
- Northwest, based in NWESD 189.
- South Central, coordinated through ESD 105 and the Yakima School District.
- Southeast, involving the districts in southeast Washington lead by the Kennewick School Districts.
- South Sound, a collaboration between eight Pierce County School Districts.
- Southwest, coordinated through ESD 112 in Vancouver.
- Olympic Peninsula, involving school districts on the pennisula.
Last updated 3/06/2008