Empowering Our Students to Stay: Stopping the Export of Our Best Natural Resources – Our Youth
Appalachia has long been a region known for the export of its natural resources. For too long, talented young people
June 30, 2016
News
Nearly 80 Gather to Discuss Regional Collaboration for Federal Funding
When welcoming the group of nearly 80 gathered Tuesday in Hazard, Ron Daley and Paul Green, both with the Kentucky
June 23, 2016
Silicon Holler: Training Students for the New Economy, Here in Appalachia
The Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative is bringing together 17 schools districts in rural southeastern Kentucky to prepare students and communities
June 20, 2016
LISTEN: East KY teens talk policy, coding as art, viral media…
Four teenagers walk into a community radio studio… You’ll have to listen to this special episode of WMMT-FM Mountain Talk for the
June 16, 2016
A New Story for Appalachia: Investing in Educators with Ideas
With support from a Race to the Top District Grant, the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative (KVEC) has brought together 17
June 14, 2016
Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative and East Kentucky School Districts Leading a National Focus on Excellence in Education
The Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative (KVEC) announced today, June 13th, 2016, that they have been awarded funding from the Bill
June 13, 2016
East Ridge High School Students Create Art Project Based on Community
When East Ridge High School students enrolled in Willa May’s advanced art class last fall, they expected to be challenged
May 27, 2016
How Digital Promise is Helping Sow Networks of Learning Innovation, One Region at a Time
Over the last few years, educators, entrepreneurs, funders, and researchers have been joining forces to spur learning innovation in specific
May 26, 2016
National Coverage
Who Tells YOUR Story?
August 21, 2020
The Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative (KVEC) focuses on innovative methods for addressing educational and community-based challenges throughout Eastern Kentucky. KVEC is a non-profit 501c3 educational
Kentucky schools scramble to reach students on the losing end of the digital divide
August 19, 2020
With most public schools in Kentucky planning to delay the start of in-person classes for another six weeks or more, educators across the state are
EASTERN KENTUCKY: KVEC’S FIGHT FOR DIGITAL EQUITY
May 14, 2020
ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S MOST IMPOVERISHED REGIONS Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative’s Dessie Bowling (Associate Director of KVEC), Robert Brown (Professional Learning Lead) and Jeff Hawkins