by Sara Pequeño The Republican Party has been railing against CRT, or Critical Race Theory, being taught in schools across North Carolina and the United States. Until now, the Democratic response has been a technical correction: CRT can’t be taught in schools, because it’s a ...
BY VAAGEESHA DAS My grandpa loved math. His passion for it spilled over to his four sons and his nine grandchildren. And because of that, math became something I excelled at. From a young age, my parents would drill me on formulas and teach me things like multiplication and long ...
MORGANTOWN – Here is a look at some of the other House action on Friday. SB 1, Senate President Craig Blair's Mining Mutual Insurance Company, generated opposition form members of both parties. Members rejected two proposed amendments before moving to the bill itself. The state funds ...
The ‘last bills standing’ edition There are two days left in the 2022 regular legislative session. Anything that doesn’t pass the Legislature tomorrow is effectively dead, assuming it isn’t resurrected in a special session. In our The Good, the Bad and the Stupid round-ups, we’ve ...
Maya Angelou said, “History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.” And it takes courage to study and try to understand history. I heard a West Virginia school teacher say at a public hearing just this week that where one’s ...
MORGANTOWN – An effort to yank some teeth from the Anti-Racism Act led to a contentious debate on the House floor Thursday afternoon. Feathers also ruffled during deliberations on the bill to regulate learning pods and microschools. The Anti-Racism Act is SB 498. It was on second ...