Monongalia County Schools welcomed back students on Tuesday — but not their smartphones. Phone-related distractions have been an increasing, and seemingly insurmountable, obstacle for educators and school systems across the nation. But this year, Mon County Schools is trying a new way to ...
by Noah Feldman A new law in Louisiana requires every public school classroom to display the Ten Commandments. Similar laws are under consideration in Texas and Utah, as well as Oklahoma, where the state superintendent of education has ordered that the Bible be taught in all classes ...
West Virginia has joined the growing list of states that require high school students to take a financial literacy course. The Legislature passed the law last year and the state Department of Education is finalizing the standards that will be implemented next academic year. A draft of the ...
by Megan N. Wilmoth If you thought you could save your teenager or young adult loved one from taking their own life, wouldn’t you do just about anything? If we make it easier for the younger generation to share their feelings and feel validated, would the mental health crisis be a ...
Even unfathomable amounts of money don’t guarantee student achievement. According to the logic of Nevada’s education establishment, Spry Community Links High School in Chicago should be the envy of the nation. Per-pupil spending on the campus reached more than $49,300 last year. ...
Is House Bill 4299 a loaded gun — unto itself? That’s what the leaders of West Virginia’s two unions for teachers and others who work in school buildings are worried about, now that the measure is going before the state Senate for approval. Should it pass, the bill would allow ...