STEM is a curriculum based on the idea of educating students in four specific disciplines — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — in an interdisciplinary and applied approach. STEM integrates the four disciplines based on real-world applications (https://www.livescience.com/43296-what-is-stem-education.html). According to...

Kentucky Valley Education Cooperative (KVEC) has launched a nationally recognized project to increase student achievement and community prosperity in eastern Kentucky.  The initiative will engage teachers, principals, parents and community members in innovative personalized professional learning and concrete outcomes...

According to Dr. Reuven Feuerstein, “Everyone – regardless of age, etiology or disability – has immeasurable ability to enhance their learning aptitude and heighten their intelligence” (http://equippingminds.com/equipping-minds-cognitive-development-program/).  Dr. Feuerstein developed Feuerstein’s Instrumental Enrichment (FIE) Method in the 1950’s.  FIE...

The eclipse is coming!  Kentucky has been excited by the prospect of being in the path of totality for the 2017 solar eclipse for a while now.  We are even counting down and it is only a few weeks...

Larry Jacobs, host of the Education Talk Radio Show, commented that we often tend to stereotype certain things.  Dr. Jeff Hawkins, Executive Director of Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative (KVEC) in Hazard, dispelled many stereotypes about education in rural eastern...