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 […]
Tag: schools
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 […]
Rev. wants lawmakers to address school discipline issues
BY CARRIE HODOUSEK CHARLESTON — The leader of a faith-based non-profit organization and Charleston church says he wants Gov. Jim Justice to call lawmakers in for a […]
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. […]
Teachers the target of a school shooter — and the GOP
In the past week, America has pondered two news stories involving schools, one tragic, the other cynical. Last Monday, an attacker shot and killed three children and […]
2 schools dismiss early Friday due to storm
BY MIKE NOLTING Rainfall forced early dismissal of two Monongalia County schools on Friday, but MECCA 911 director Jim Smith said there were very few flood-related issues. […]
The Good, the Bad and the Stupid 11
The legislative graveyard The 2023 regular legislative session is over, and we’re bringing our “The Good, the Bad and the Stupid” series to a close. While over […]
Guest essay: The ‘deschooling’ of West Virginia
by Ron Iannone Most people know that it’s very difficult to recruit students to go into teaching. In school districts, they are also finding it difficult to […]
March 5 letters to the editor
Educators lacking the tools for success There is no doubt that there is a crisis in education. However, when teacher accountability is the only focus, other critical […]
