With support from a Race to the Top District Grant, the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative (KVEC) has brought together 17 school districts in rural southeastern Kentucky to prepare Appalachian students and communities for the next generation of education and...

Kentucky’s Appalachian Renaissance Initiative In 2013, the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative and seventeen member school districts in rural southeastern Kentucky were awarded a highly competitive Race to the Top District grant by the U.S. Department of Education. With this support,...

Four teenagers walk into a community radio studio... You'll have to listen to this special episode of WMMT-FM Mountain Talk for the punch line.  Treat yourself to this hour-long public affairs program, featuring four students who are shaking up east Kentucky with their various...

In today’s episode we take a look at KVEC's work with “Ripple Effects”.  The Ripple Effects proposal was chosen from more than 300 applicants as one of 22 programs approved for multiyear funding through USDE’s Project Prevent. The goal...

Over the last few years, educators, entrepreneurs, funders, and researchers have been joining forces to spur learning innovation in specific regions of the country and equip young people with the skills they need in a changing economy.  These “education innovation...