Welcome to West Virginia: home of country roads, coal mines, and classroom innovation.

In coal country, new programs aim to diversify local economies, retrain workers, and create a pipeline of new workers prepared for jobs in the new economy.

Shoddy or unaffordable connectivity is a constant for many American school systems. Rural public schools are struggling to provide basic internet access to their 12 million students.

In the coal fields of West Virginia, there are now 3D printers and robots in classrooms. Here’s how technology is giving kids in this region a peek at a new kind of future.