Poetry, Robert Frost said, makes you remember — what you didn’t know you knew. Which, in many ways mirrors the findings of a study on life in America’s public schools released this week by two education professors from America’s Melting Pot of California. “Educating for a ...
Please pass the COVID. That’s precisely what Donna Talerico hopes won’t happen during Thanksgiving break for Monongalia County’s public school students. “This will be a good time to get your COVID booster if you haven’t already,” said Talerico, the district’s deputy ...
A chicken tender can’t take up for itself — but Monongalia County Schools can. Should any freezer unit across the district begin an unplanned thaw, be it by power failure or a compressor issue, Brian Kiehl’s smartphone will immediately chirp with texts and emails of warning. Kiehl ...
While scores of former students across America are working through the particulars of President Biden’s college loan forgiveness plan, high schools across West Virginia are being recognized for their role in getting their students ready for what comes next for them — whether it’s a ...
By third grade, you’re no longer learning to read. You’re reading to learn. Provided you don’t have dyslexia. If you do, forget that: you’re just trying to make it through the day. Dyslexia keeps kids from getting a true read on their learning potential. Words can appear ...
No one paid the weapons detector any mind on a recent, bustling mid-weekday at Morgantown High School. Students and teachers, already in the building, walked by the gray sentinel’s twin posts without looking over. The devices that are now also in place at University High and ...