MORGANTOWN – Rain, rain, go away. Or … rain, rain, do what you want, anyway. You know: since the seniors of Morgantown High and University High’s Class of 2027 – […]
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Fairmont State receives grant for neuromuscular, diagnostic equipment
FAIRMONT – Just the act of getting out of your recliner and going to your refrigerator for a snack is akin to an electrical orchestra, taking on a performance in […]
‘He was there for everybody’: Paul Martinelli remembered for his dedication to WVU
MORGANTOWN – Call it the Paul Martinelli catechism. A three-point primer, if you will, of getting it done and helping people, in the workplace and in life. No. 1: If […]
Marion BOE bids farewell to retiring member Boyles
FAIRMONT – There were two George Boyles answering roll at Monday’s meeting of the Marion County Board of Education. The present-day George Boyles wielded the gavel one final time as […]
Meet the eighth-graders who just passed West Virginia’s toughest history test
MORGANTOWN – Pepperoni rolls and Mothman have their place in the hillbilly pantheon of Mountain State history, but West Virginia and its origins – as the latest Knights and Ladies […]
House Education kills bill to enable boards to fire school administrators
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – A House bill to give county school boards – and indirectly, superintendents – more hiring and firing power fizzled in the Education Committee Monday afternoon. Current code […]
State Senate sends school Guardian bill to House; fate of rival bills remains uncertain
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The state Senate sent its bill to put contracted Guardians into public schools over to the House of Delegates on Thursday, but what will become of it […]
State Senate committee again advances bill to require education on the Holocaust
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The state Senate is again attempting to pass a bill to require Holocaust education in the public schools. The Education Committee approved a trimmed-down version of SB […]
Educators teach legislators about the destructive consequences of disruptive students
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – Four West Virginia elementary school educators came before legislators on Monday to explain the dire challenges caused by disruptive students and the devastating effects of the daily, […]
Are censorship and lack of challenging books factors in why teens can’t read?
by Yvette Walker KANSAS CITY, Mo. — I know, I was a weird kid. Born during the time when parents bought sets of World Book or Britannica encyclopedias, I was […]
