Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative Executive Director Jeff Hawkins and staff members Dessie Bowling and Bernadette Carpenter describe proposals put forward by KVEC school districts to better serve disadvantaged rural students and improve the economy in Appalachian Kentucky. Recommendations come from “A Region’s Way Forward,” a call to action for achieving learner equity and school centered community reinvention in economically distressed eastern Kentucky. Mimi Pickering hosts and along the way, you’ll hear some stories from the Ohio Valley ReSource about innovative KVEC initiatives over the past couple years.