by Chris Vognar Publisher’s Weekly recently reported that book sales for the first half of the year are down once again, continuing a trend that has accelerated […]
Tag: reading
The push for math and reading: Educators meet in Morgantown to discuss methods, ideas
The Morgantown Marriott at Waterfront Place was campaign headquarters this week in an ongoing war on intellect that was mainly started by COVID-19. Said war is for […]
Dec. 18 letters to the editor
Law protects patients from predatory prices I have spent my entire career working in the health care space and I wanted to bring awareness to a key […]
‘They suck’: W.Va.’s math, reading test scores disappoint
West Virginia State School Board President Paul Hardesty, during an interview on Talkline, was blunt in his assessment of the just-released National Assessment of Educational Progress test […]
Does it really matter if kids refuse to pick up a book?
by Robin Abcarian I remember the magnificent moment I realized my niece could read. She was 6, and had come for the weekend. It was bedtime and […]
‘One book at a time’: High school literacy advocates want to tell a global story
MORGANTOWN — The book-loving members of The Literary Society are old souls, even if most of them are just 16 or 17, tops. Those old souls are […]
We have no idea what we’re talking — or reading — about
by Lucero Cantu While it is nonsensical to try to prescribe a diagnosis to America’s current state of civic discourse — from dumping manure on the White […]
Summer reading program receives $1.2 million grant
WVU Today West Virginia Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin announced that West Virginia University Extension Service’s Energy Express program was awarded more than $1.2 million […]
Morgantown Public Library debuts summer program
The Morgantown Public Library System (MPLS) opens registration for a new program this week. The Big Family Book Club is a summer program that provides participants with […]
Literacy skills focus of Write Brain program
KINGWOOD — Are you ready to become a published author with After School Explorers? ASE will offer Write Brain starting Tuesday in the Virtual ASE HUB on Teams. […]
