Christmas Past: every year my family hangs up this old ornament of an elf and we jokingly call it Cammy. Cammy is a cousin who we teased about her ears when we were kids and then named the elf after her. Every year we share this joke and now send her a picture on text messaging to let her know we are thinking of her. It sounds a little mean, but…Read More

The Center for Innovation in Education has just published a new concept paper: Leadership for Learning. We hope that the paper will serve as a tool for education communities as they organize to create a better future for learners and will serve as a stimulus for serious conversations about how to improve policy to support local initiatives.…Read More

Canon or Nikon?

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I have uploaded a summary document that outlines KVEC and REL’s collaboration on the Action Research Process.

Beginning in 2013, the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative (KVEC) and partners across southeastern Kentucky established the Appalachian Renaissance Initiative (ARI) through a federal Race to the Top–District grant. ARI goals include i…Read More