MORGANTOWN — The state Senate on Friday approved a bill spelling out how the state would participate in an Article V Constitutional convention, and one requiring the […]
Education
WVU engineering school to host ‘Girls’ STEM Day’ next month
Framed as such, it could have been the premise of a science-fiction novel. The day Katherine Johnson and Anna Brusoe constructed a time-bridge, that is. Anna, we’ll […]
Three university presidents join to oppose campus carry legislation
MORGANTOWN — Three university presidents have joined to oppose the campus carry legislation working its way through the state Senate. Ericke Cage of West Virginia State University, […]
Senate Education approves bill to boost student reading skills, test for dyslexia, put trained teaching assistants into grades 1-3 classrooms
MORGANTOWN — Enthusiasm abounded as the Senate Education Committee advanced what they called a “transformational” bill to improve the reading and math skills of the state’s K-3 […]
W.Va. Department of Education eases teacher requirement
In 2015 in West Virginia, some 600 technically non-certified teachers were in front of public school classrooms. That number has now more than doubled, with 1,544 such […]
Senate Judiciary approves new version of campus carry, to allow concealed carry of handguns on public college and university campuses
MORGANTOWN – Campus carry is once again working its way through the state Legislature. SB 10 is called the Campus Self Defense Act and sets the parameters […]
Hope scholarship families begin receiving checks for school
Not without a fight. The first round of Hope scholarship dollars started going out across West Virginia last week, capping a pugilistic history that saw the school […]
Senate committee approves bill dealing with child sexual abuse by school employees, and one on sexual violence prevention
MORGANTOWN – The state Senate Education Committee quickly passed on Tuesday bills dealing with child sexual abuse and child sexual violence prevention. SB 187 creates a new […]
Auditions underway for ‘Mohigan Idol’: MHS-created talent show has raised close to $200K for WVU Medicine Children’s
Cue announcer: “This is … ‘Mohigan Idol.’ ” OK, so Ryan Seacrest won’t be on the stage of the Metropolitan Theatre next month to emcee, but the […]
Senate Education OKs bill to help small county schools by setting enrollment base of 1,200 for state funding formula
MORGANTOWN — State senators are once again considering a bill to help some small, financially struggling county school systems by setting a base enrollment figure for their […]
