Why I like public schools and, for that matter, the Post Office

Latest News March 20, 2023

by John M. Crisp I like public schools for the same reason that William Faulkner hated the Post Office.  Before Faulkner became the great Southern novelist, he hired on as the postmaster at the University of Mississippi. By all accounts he was an indifferent postmaster, opening ...

Legislature attacks public education

Editorial January 31, 2023

The hyper-conservative Legislature has resumed the attack it started last year on West Virginia’s public schools. Some attacks are more subtle than others, but most of them are aimed at allowing complaints or even lawsuits against public schools or their employees. There are, of course, ...