MORGANTOWN – An Ohio County delegate made an unsuccessful attempt to kill a Senate anti-CRT bill on Thursday. Also on Thursday, a House resolution that would allow the voters to decide if the Legislature should have closer oversight of the state Board of Education completed its ...
MORGANTOWN – The state Senate on Wednesday approved bills dealing with Critical Race Theory in schools and abortions of unborn children with Down syndrome. Wednesday was Crossover Day, when all bills had to pass out of their house of origin to remain alive. SB 498 is called the ...
by Suzanne Nossel In the ever-worsening culture wars, schools have emerged as a battlefront, with fierce arguments raging about the contents of curricula and propriety of particular books. Debating what literature and ideas to teach students is a mark of a healthy democratic society. ...
by Tracey L. Rogers When President Gerald Ford officially recognized Black History Month in 1976, he urged all Americans to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.” It’s true ...
The Legislature is all aboard the “critical race theory” crazy train this session. It has introduced not one, not two, but four anti-CRT bills. These bills are based on a willful, fundamental misunderstanding of what critical race theory is: a tool university-level law students use to ...
MORGANTOWN — A House bill to keep Critical Race Theory out of West Virginia public schools met overwhelming opposition during a Wednesday public hearing in the House of Delegates Chamber. The bill is HB 4011 and never mentions the theory by name or by its initials, CRT. It's called the ...