The Tennessee Valley Authority's retirees are putting their money where their mouth is.
The group's retiree organization, Battelle, has donated more than $1 million to support science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education in classrooms across the Tennessee Valley, the Knoxville News Sentinel reports.
The grants, totaling $1.5 million, "are key catalysts in opening doors of opportunity by providing access to resources, enabling innovative teaching practices, and expanding STEM curricula," says a TVA press release.
Among the projects funded by the Battelle Tennessee STEM Innovation Network: a robotics lab at a high school in Knoxville; an after-school program at a middle school in Morristown; and an after-school program at a high school in Kingston.
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