Keeping them all open would have been worse by Michael Hiltzik If there’s one aspect of pandemic policy that seems to have elicited agreement across the political […]
Tag: schools
‘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 […]
Teaching students to scrutinize fact from fiction online
A new Illinois law allows high schools to teach media literacy to students in all subjects. In case skeptics are tempted to portray this as some kind […]
What happens when local gov’t has to beg the state for funds
The humanitarian crisis that was (and still is) Jackson, Miss., exemplifies what happens when infrastructure is starved of funds — and when local governments have to try […]
Pandemic’s role in school bullying
by Maureen Downey ATLANTA — Students lost more than academic skills to the pandemic; they also lost social skills needed to navigate positive relationships with peers. Parents […]
Teachers deserve our respect, support
Recently, I wrote a commentary about how our public education system in West Virginia is failing to achieve the state constitutional requirement of providing a “thorough and […]
Class is in session
Yesterday, students stepped off the bus for the first time this year — some of them for the first time ever. They made the first of hundreds […]
As a white teen, I got second chances
Many of my Black students today do not by Adam Schwartz When I was 15, I smoked a joint with a friend. High and goofy, we wandered […]
Supreme Court takes over Hope Scholarship appeal: Promises hearing soon, says no to stay
West Virginia’s Supreme Court has taken over consideration of whether a scholarship for students leaving the public school system violates the state constitution. A majority of justices […]
Aug. 14 letters to the editor
We have an obligation to search for truth We are too immature as a society to be trusted with social media. We jump to conclusions. We spread […]