The Community Problem Solving team at Johnson Central Middle School doesn’t initiate solutions to a problem and then discontinue the effort to improve the situation.  After winning the 2017 International Problem Solving Competition, the students are not only continuing their winning venture, “Project Ordinary”,  but they have initiated the search for another obstacle in the […]

The excitement is obvious at Johnson Central High School when students and ATC staff discuss their first tiny house project!  The trailer, purchased at P & J Trailer Service in Paintsville, has been modified by the welding class to extend the width of the building.  Under the direction of Mr. Chuck Wetzel, welding instructor from […]

A positive partnership between parents and teachers goes a long way in creating a plan that best meets the needs of a child. Working together, parents, teachers, and children can inform each other about the most successful ways to address an exceptional child’s issues. To help parents better understand components of special education services, the […]

Students from the 22 school districts in Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative (KVEC) will be spearheading “The Second Annual KVEC Educonomy Summit: Education, Workforce, and Economic Development: Visionary and Entrepreneurial Thinking and Doing” in Hazard, KY on Thursday, September 21.  The event will be held from 9 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the KVEC offices in […]

The Hechinger Report is an independent nonprofit, nonpartisan organization based at Teachers College, Columbia University.  Their mission is to “cover inequality and innovation in education with in-depth journalism that uses research, data and stories from classrooms and campuses to show the public how education can be improved and why it matters” (http://hechingerreport.org/about/). Nichole Dobo, staff writer and […]