As a teacher in front of her classroom at Eastwood Elementary School, Amber Nichols is known for her meticulous preparation. Lesson plans, notes and ideas on things to talk about. Notions of what might entertain her students for the day, as well as educating them, besides. Tuesday ...
High school can be bad enough on a good day — and for Aaron Reedy, there were no good days back then. In fact, it was all he could do to make it through the main hallway, he told members of the Monongalia County Board of Education on Tuesday night. “I was relentlessly bullied,” ...
WVU TODAY With public schools back in session, the West Virginia Technical Assistance Center for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics, housed at West Virginia University, is expanding its impact and reach during its second year of immersive, hands-on learning ...
MORGANTOWN — West Virginians awaiting student loan debt relief will be able to apply for that relief starting in early October. In West Virginia, there are roughly 225,800 borrowers with $7.3 billion in student loan debt. The average West Virginia student loan debt is $31,690. And 50.3% ...
MORGANTOWN — “We realize we have to change or die,” WVU President Gordon Gee said during a recent sitdown with The Dominion Post Editorial Board. “We have to really create a positive change in how we think about what we’re doing.” Some of those changes are by design, but ...
Senate Education Chairwoman Patricia Rucker announced a challenge to Senator Craig Blair for leadership of the chamber. Blair has been poised to replace Rucker as education chairwoman, an announcement he’ll make officially this week. And there have been rumblings for weeks that fissures in the Republican caucus could result in a challenge to Blair. “I believe this is the right time to essentially work towards ensuring that the voters know that we will be moving in a new direction and in a much more positive direction. I am announcing today that I am running for Senate ...
