Your Community Foundation of North Central West Virginia is going back to school. The nonprofit, outreach organization is now offering an opportunity for educator “mini-grants” of up […]
Tag: education
How we got summer breaks from school and what we can do about it
by Jonathan Zimmerman Our long summer vacation is a relic from an agricultural past when kids were needed for seasonal work on farms — or so we’ve […]
Community schools, not conservative politicians, expand ‘parental rights’
by Jeremy Mohler If you listen to Republican presidential hopefuls like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, you will hear that the American public education system is filled with […]
W.Va. educators learn about the science of reading and math
BY CARRIE HODOUSEK CHARLESTON — More than 650 educators from across West Virginia are in Charleston this week for a three-day conference focused on improving reading and […]
Parents speak out about pre-K placements
KINGWOOD — Members of the Preston County Board of education heard more questions about placing pre-K students within identified schools of choice. Crystal Nestor told board members […]
Board of ed discusses improvement projects
BY JENNIFER GRAHAM KINGWOOD — The Preston County Board of Education met Monday in regular session with one board member, Jeff Zigrey not present. The secure front […]
Democracy dies when kids don’t know history, civics
The National Assessment of Educational Progress civics test scores for eighth graders for the first time have registered a decline while history scores continued their steep decline. […]
The Book Exchange serves students and more for over 90 years
The Book Exchange in Morgantown has been supplying WVU students with books, supplies and spirit gear for over 90 years. As WVU has only been around for […]
House GOP wants to balance budget on backs of kids
House Republicans narrowly passed a bill this week that would increase the federal government’s debt ceiling in exchange for $4.8 trillion in spending cuts over 10 years […]
Guest essay: To the mawmaws and pawpaws: We need you to encourage kids to go to college
by Alicia Kalka I grew up in southern West Virginia, in the small town of St. Albans (about 30 minutes south of Charleston). My mawmaw and I […]
