MORGANTOWN – The Senate Education Committee on Thursday made a second go at establishing a PROMISE Plus scholarship program – but not without opposition from some members. A bill to […]
Education
WVEA gets educator satisfaction survey results
BY KATHARINE SKELDON CHARLESTON — Salaries, student behavior and burnout are just some of the concerns at least 700 West Virginia teachers have that are being reflected in a survey […]
Pay raises for educators not a done deal
CHARLESTON — Pay raise bills for West Virginia educators passed their first committee hurdle with a more ambitious proposal than what had been publicly discussed up to now, but there’s […]
Senate Education Committee OKs intelligent design, U.S. motto bills
MORGANTOWN — The Senate Education Committee on Tuesday approved bills allowing the teaching of intelligent design in schools, and requiring the display of the national motto in schools and colleges […]
West Virginia ‘guardian program’ could enhance school security, lawmakers say
Dark fears — expressed in the form of data research. Nearly 80% of parents responding to an annual back-to-school survey last summer by a nonprofit, national advocacy group said they […]
‘Here’ — Mon Schools taking roll on attendance effort
A little bit of history could also be assigned to all those hand-drawn posters Danica Rubenstein toted with her to Tuesday night’s Monongalia County Board of Education meeting. It wasn’t […]
BOE votes to retain legal representatives in opioid lawsuit, become plaintiff
KINGWOOD — Members of the Preston County Board of Education voted unanimously to retain Bailey & Glasser LLP to represent Preston County Schools in the opioid class action lawsuit, to […]
Marion County Schools wants to built a new elementary school, along with other major infrastructure projects
A yes vote on the ballot in May could mean a major building project in coming months for Marion County’s school district. The county is asking voters during the state’s […]
Third Grade Success Act implementation underway in Monongalia County Schools
BY CARRIE HODOUSEK Components of the Third Grade Success Act are being implemented in Monongalia County this year. House Bill 3035 lays out specific changes for schools in an effort […]
Mon Schools readying for district-wide testing in coming weeks
The holiday break is over, and that means testing will soon be in full bloom for Monongalia County Schools. Writing assessments for students in grades 3-8 will be from March […]
