MORGANTOWN — Three university presidents have joined to oppose the campus carry legislation working its way through the state Senate. Ericke Cage of West Virginia State University, Kendra Boggess of […]
Education
Senate Education approves bill to boost student reading skills, test for dyslexia, put trained teaching assistants into grades 1-3 classrooms
MORGANTOWN — Enthusiasm abounded as the Senate Education Committee advanced what they called a “transformational” bill to improve the reading and math skills of the state’s K-3 students. The emotion […]
W.Va. Department of Education eases teacher requirement
In 2015 in West Virginia, some 600 technically non-certified teachers were in front of public school classrooms. That number has now more than doubled, with 1,544 such educators doling out […]
Senate Judiciary approves new version of campus carry, to allow concealed carry of handguns on public college and university campuses
MORGANTOWN – Campus carry is once again working its way through the state Legislature. SB 10 is called the Campus Self Defense Act and sets the parameters for people with […]
Hope scholarship families begin receiving checks for school
Not without a fight. The first round of Hope scholarship dollars started going out across West Virginia last week, capping a pugilistic history that saw the school choice voucher enacted, […]
Senate committee approves bill dealing with child sexual abuse by school employees, and one on sexual violence prevention
MORGANTOWN – The state Senate Education Committee quickly passed on Tuesday bills dealing with child sexual abuse and child sexual violence prevention. SB 187 creates a new felony for any […]
Auditions underway for ‘Mohigan Idol’: MHS-created talent show has raised close to $200K for WVU Medicine Children’s
Cue announcer: “This is … ‘Mohigan Idol.’ ” OK, so Ryan Seacrest won’t be on the stage of the Metropolitan Theatre next month to emcee, but the Hollywood-styled glamour and […]
Senate Education OKs bill to help small county schools by setting enrollment base of 1,200 for state funding formula
MORGANTOWN — State senators are once again considering a bill to help some small, financially struggling county school systems by setting a base enrollment figure for their school aid formula […]
MHS a national finalist in Samsung STEM competition
Morgantown High School is one of 300 schools across the country named a finalist in the Solve for Tomorrow competition, sponsored annually by Samsung Electronics America. Samsung launched the competition […]
School districts detail achievements and work to be done before Mon BOE
Monongalia County Board of Education member Mike Kelly remembers his days as a student at University High School, when the building was located atop Price Street, overlooking WVU’s downtown campus. […]
