Date: 06-11-2015
East Kentucky Power Cooperative and the non-profit Project Lead The Way are pursuing an initiative to improve science, technology, engineering and math education in Eastern Kentucky, in order to bring high-skill, high-wage jobs to the region, a news release said.
On Wednesday, at a Clinton Global Initiative America meeting in Denver, former President Bill Clinton announced the organizations’ plan to help the region’s public school teachers pursue professional development, and for school districts to implement Project Lead The Way’s STEM-based curriculum, the news release said.
The Clinton Global Initiative, an initiative of the Clinton Foundation, convenes global leaders to address challenges.
The overall initiative is called STEM-Transforming Eastern Kentucky, or STEM-TEK. It will provide professional development opportunities for 3,000 teachers. The effort will engage more than 80,000 students in 19 counties, the release said.
Representatives of East Kentucky Power Cooperative and the Indianapolis-based Project Lead The Way are at the Denver conference to present a proposal for startup funding, but a specific amount was not released Wednesday afternoon.
By Valarie Honeycutt Spears
Lexington Herald-Leader
