About MCEC

What is the Military Child Education Coalition?

The Military Child Education Coalition (MCEC) is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit, world-wide organization. A model of positive leadership and advocacy, the MCEC’s work is focused on ensuring quality educational opportunities for all military-connected children affected by mobility, family separation, and transition. The MCEC performs research, develops resources, conducts professional institutes and conferences, and publishes resources for all constituencies.
 

Why are the Military Child Education Coalition's Efforts Essential?

Military children generally move from six to nine times during their K-12 school years. Many make multiple moves during high school years alone, some even during their senior year. Academic standards, courses, access to programs, promotion and graduation requirements, programs for children with special needs, and transfer and acceptance of records vary greatly from state to state and even from school to school. These frustrations, in addition to giving up friends and associates with whom a rapport has been established, cause further anxiety. Separation from a deployed parent (or parents) raises an additional issue. MCEC's role is to help families, schools, and communities be better prepared to support children during these frequent moves and difficult - and sometimes traumatic -times in the life of military families.

The Military Child Education Coalition (MCEC) is working to solve the challenge of helping schools and military installations deliver accurate, timely information to meet transitioning parent and student needs, and in the development and education of children from military families. Our purpose is to share information to develop systems and processes to resolve transition issues for military students. To do this, we will:

  • Develop information to support the transitioning military student.
  • Develop and maintain an alliance of school districts for the purposes of communication and networking.
  • Determine the support military installations could potentially provide local districts.
  • Examine technologies (teleconferencing, Internet, etc.) and develop procedures to support information sharing between military impacted school districts.
  • Examine sources of funding to support the alliance.
  • Develop an action plan to implement the above objectives.