Project Title: Increasing Understanding of International Cultures and Issues

Students will explore other cultures around the world and develop an understanding of how these cultures and issues within these countries affect the world.

Students will participate in a “Breathitt County United Nations Assembly.” Students will be required to…Read More

Project Title: Go Anywhere Classroom

Problem of Practice:
With limited funding and scarce resources, students are stifled by the inability to make real-world connections with social studies content. To further compound the situation, many of the historical events took place far away from Eastern Kentucky. Students have limited knowledge about…Read More

Project Title: Who Me? I can Have a STEM Career?!?

Problem of Practice:
Are Magoffin County High School Students pursuing STEM careers (other than medical related fields) at low rates due to lack of STEM career education?
MCHS students are pursuing STEM careers at low rates. Fields of study chosen by recent graduates and career interest…Read More

Project title: Talk the Talk

Extensive research in educational journals supports the importance of including time for students to have rich math talks. This discourse increases students’ mastery of content by holding them accountable for explaining their reasoning and their problem-solving strategies. The National Council of Mathematics (…Read More

There’s No Place Like My Learning Space

Not much has changed for the classroom learning space since the early 1900’s. Students are still passively sitting in individual desks in rows and the teacher is still in the front of the room. In order to prepare students for their future careers, classrooms need to shift to accommodate 21st century…Read More