Facebook Twitter Linkedin Youtube Facebook Twitter LinkedIn The EdVenture Group and West Virginia Family Engagement Center are thrilled to announce the 2025 WV Family Engagement

Technology integration and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) learning have been at the forefront of The EdVenture Group’s mission since its founding in 2001,

On behalf of The EdVenture Group, I hope that you had a blessed holiday season and found ways to relax and enjoy time with your

As educators, we understand the power of mentorship for our students. You’ve probably also, at one point or another, listened to Josh Shipp’s keynote on The Power of One Caring Adult.

The EdVenture Group, Inc. excitedly announces Kenneth Gray as the newest member of the Board of Directors.

The EdVenture Group, Inc., through generous funding from West Virginia American Water, expanded its’ STEM Days program to middle school students in Summers County, West Virginia.

On November 11-12, The EdVenture Group participated in the 2021 National Forum to Advance Rural Education hosted by National Rural Education Association in partnership with the Rural Schools Collaborative.

On Friday, September 17th, The EdVenture Group, Inc., along with partners from the West Virginia Department of Education, Marshall University, and West Virginia University that form the West Virginia Entrepreneurship Education Collaborative (WVEEC), co-hosted the inaugural Classroom2Career Summit.

The EdVenture Group, Inc., is expanding its STEM innovation programming during the 2021-2022 school year in Southwestern Pennsylvania and rural West Virginia through the generosity of the EQT Foundation and American Water Company.

On June 1, 2021, The EdVenture Group, Inc. will celebrate 20 years of service to West Virginia, the Appalachia Region, and the nation.

As we come to the end of 2020, a year like none other and one that certainly caught all of us by surprise, we reflect on the many challenges but also the many blessings and the good in people.

Schools across the state, and the country, are facing unprecedented challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The West Virginia Family Engagement Center is grateful to work with an incredible network of schools and partners to support SEAMless family engagement across the state. Our August Spotlight, highlighted in our monthly newsletter, features Lincoln County Schools and the ReclaimWV Initiative.

The IEL Rise Up for Equity Virtual Summit was held June 1-5, 2020. While previously planned as a week-long in-person event in Los Angeles, California, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the organizers to take the conference virtual.

It was exciting to think about going to the IEL Rise Up for Equity National Summit on Community Schools and Family Engagement in Los Angeles, California with hundreds of other like-minded professionals working to improve student achievement and family engagement in communities all around America.

The EdVenture Group, Inc., Marshall University iCenter, and the West Virginia Department of Education wrapped up a weeklong kick-off of the Simulated Workplace Entrepreneurship Education Pathway (SWEEP) project.

The EdVenture Group, Inc. was awarded $75,695 by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) for the cMeLead Simulated Workplace Leadership Series project.

Beginning at birth, families are a child’s most influential teacher. Multiple areas of research have shown that families play a vital role in helping to ensure that their student is successful from cradle to career.

As we gear up for a new year (and new decade!) at The EdVenture Group in 2020, we’re excited to enhance our efforts and programming in a variety of growing focus areas within the nation’s education landscape.

On Friday, November 15th, Dr. Lydotta Taylor was awarded the 2019 Distinguished Alumnus Award by Leadership West Virginia at the WV Executive’s first-ever Young Guns All-Class Reunion.

It’s a powerful feeling to sit amongst 500 of your like-minded peers, those dedicated to uplifting and fostering entrepreneurship education in communities across the United States, as a NACCE conference attendee.

Today, The EdVenture Group, Inc. was awarded $717,166 by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) for the Simulated Workplace Entrepreneurship Education Pathway (SWEEP) project.

This September, The EdVenture Group and EQT traveled to two rural Pennsylvania elementary schools (West Greene Elementary Center and Bobtown Elementary) to implement the EQT STEM Days program.

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The EdVenture Group, Inc. received a $19,358 grant from the EQT Foundation to bring STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) programming to two rural Pennsylvania schools.

If you haven’t noticed- there’s a lot of buzz around makerspaces in education lately. Does this movement have longevity, or is it another educational fad that will fade away in a few years?

Educators are constantly trying to find new solutions to problems that exist in education. Teachers are inundated by new education fads and approaches that sound great in workshops and professional development, but when these approaches are put into practice it seems to generate the same stale results.

On October 5, 2018 Toi Hershman, Regional Coordinator at EntreEd, and Matt Wolfe, Education Manager at The EdVenture Group, teamed up to deliver a full day training for 200 teachers at Gateway Regional School District located in Woodbury Heights, New Jersey.

The EdVenture Group, Inc. received a $4.8 million grant on September 26, 2018.