Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative and East Kentucky School Districts Leading a National Focus on Excellence in Education

The Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative (KVEC) announced today, June 13th, 2016, that they have been awarded funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to advance ongoing work with 19 school districts in Eastern Kentucky, specifically in the area of supporting leadership development to implement college ready standards and effective instructional practices and strengthening understanding and design in assessment for learning to ensure students are college and career ready.

This opportunity marks yet another strong collaboration for KVEC and member school districts supporting teachers, leaders and students through the Appalachian Renaissance Initiative.

“This project advances the powerful work underway in our cooperative and our region’s school districts around two of the most important linchpins to innovation; leadership and student learning assessment. This collaboration will serve to propel the innovations underway in our education systems, not only in our region but across the state and beyond”, said KVEC Executive Director Dr. Jeff Hawkins.

This award will support the collaborative efforts and ongoing development of shared leadership teams within and across KVEC districts and continue work underway to play a contributing role in the state and national conversation about effective assessment.

KVEC and member school districts are excited to collaborate with vital partners in the continuing effort to build on existing strengths and talents to sustain effectiveness and create solutions for challenges facing the region.

The 19 districts served by the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative are: Breathitt County, Floyd County, Harlan County, Hazard Independent, Jackson Independent, Jenkins Independent, Johnson County, Knott County, Lee County, Leslie County, Letcher County, Magoffin County, Middlesboro Independent, Owsley County, Paintsville Independent, Perry County, Pike County, Pikeville Independent and Wolfe County.

More information about KVEC, member school districts and the Appalachian Renaissance Initiative can be found at www.kentuckyvalley.org or www.theholler.org

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