State Schools Superintendent David Roach has turned another page in his effort to improve reading literacy for West Virginia youngsters. Members of his newly appointed Literacy Council met for their first meeting last week in Charleston to begin outlining that mission. The 30-member ...
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates approved a bill on Friday aimed at keeping sanctuary cities from popping up in West Virginia and sent it to the Senate. The original version of HB 2008 referred specifically to sanctuary cities. House Judiciary struck those references. The version the ...
Students at Mason-Dixon Elementary School went on an adventure this month and invited their families and community members along. Students in all grades at the school — pre-K through 5 — were given a copy of Beverly Cleary’s “The Mouse and the Motorcycle.” In the novel, Ralph, ...
Leaders of West Virginia teacher unions say focus groups around the state demonstrated an emphasis on recruitment and retention, managing student discipline, supporting mental health and increasing parentalinvolvement. Last fall, in response to disappointing standardized testing results on The Nation’s Report Card, the leaders of the West Virginia Education Association and American Federation of Teachers-West Virginia hit the road for focus groups discussing ways to support student success. The presidents of the teacher unions discussed the findings from the focus groups during ...
MORGANTOWN – The Senate's Anti-Racism Act – commonly called the anti-CRT bill – cleared its first House of Delegates hurdle on Monday, winning approval in the Education Committee. It's the same bill that narrowly missed passing both houses on the last day of last year's session, when ...
MORGANTOWN — The state Senate sailed through a series of bills on Monday, passing them all unanimously with no debate — including a school protection bill and one to put a framed copy of the U.S. motto in every government building. All bills head to the House of Delegates. SB 282 ...
