As a member of the Urban League team, the Center joins the Ohio Team of the ELLC national project of the Wallace Foundation.  Focused on creating greater equity in education in Northeast Ohio.  The national ELLC creates an opportunity for state teams to learn from one another and establish national partnerships for learning.  A branch of the Ohio ELLC is the NEO ELLC that focuses on equity and sustainable school improvement for the districts in Northeast Ohio who are either already in Academic Distress as defined by HB70 or who are at risk of being identified as a distress district.