West Virginia’s test scores in math and reading have taken dramatic dives over the course of the pandemic years – and so have everyone else’s. That’s according to the numbers […]
Author: Jim Bissett/ The Dominion Post
‘For dyslexics, there’s not even a life raft’
Trenton Bailey spends every day of his life using relatively simple solutions to knock back a complex issue in his life. That issue is dyslexia, a reading comprehension malady that […]
State aims to keep the learning going after high school
While scores of former students across America are working through the particulars of President Biden’s college loan forgiveness plan, high schools across West Virginia are being recognized for their role […]
Making the cut: South Middle students employ sheep brains to explore human maladies
Cutting a sheep brain in two was a lot easier than Junuh Hunt thought it would be. “It’s got a little give,” the South Middle School seventh-grader said Thursday morning, […]
Health Right receives a $25K grant for COVID, flu vaccines
Milan Puskar Health Right has journeyed long and far from its “treat-and-street” days of 40 years ago. Treat-and-street: That’s what they called it back then. Say you walked in with […]
Mylan Park aquatic center set to host U.S. diving nationals in December
With a major competition coming up in December and hopes for Olympic trials in 2024, the Aquatic Center at Mylan Park is continuing to make a big splash – in […]
Eastwood’s Amber Nichols, the state Teacher of Year, gives a lesson on her life and times
When the lieutenant colonel’s wife speaks, and you’re in a military town, you listen. Especially if said spouse is an experienced colleague – and it’s your first day on the […]
No trick: Teal Pumpkin Project can keep kids with food allergies safe for Halloween
Ah, Halloween: Ghosts and ghouls. Zombies. Wheat. Soy. Eggs. (Don’t forget walnuts, almonds and cashews, while you’re at it.) For the kids who regularly deal with them, food allergies couldn’t […]
‘The overlooked confession’: Morgantown man thinks he knows who killed two WVU coeds in 1970 — and he’s getting assistance from the State Police
The letters were Hannibal Lector stuff, in many ways. Except, this wasn’t a fictional murderer, brought to life from the pages of a novel and delivered to a Hollywood sound […]
‘Your brain just works differently’: How Mon Schools helps students with dyslexia
By third grade, you’re no longer learning to read. You’re reading to learn. Provided you don’t have dyslexia. If you do, forget that: you’re just trying to make it through […]
