After all those low marks in reading and math assessments this fall for West Virginia’s K-12 public school students, a positive blip is now occurring on the […]
Education
WVU nursing students: Internet not always in good condition during the pandemic
The pandemic pinched a communication nerve in West Virginia at its height two years ago. As COVID was then nipping at the state’s borders, Gov. Jim Justice […]
‘It was just West Virginia’s turn’: MECCA’s director talks about Wednesday’s ‘swatting’ hoax in the Mountain State
Jim Smith, the director of MECCA 911, was on the phone with Chris McIntire, his counterpart in neighboring Marion County, when the obvious realization hit both emergency […]
Disney exclusive: UHS one of 50 schools in the nation earning the rights to stage ‘Frozen’ musical
Things are currently on the frozen side at University High School, and Monday morning’s 20-degree temperatures didn’t have a thing to do with it. Thank Anna, Elsa, […]
‘We just had to have something beautiful come out of something so horrible’
On Dec. 21, 1988, a terrorist bomb smuggled into the back of Pan Am Flight 103 turned the plane into a fireball, some 30,000 feet over Lockerbie, […]
On the edge of your seat: MHS band ‘uninstalls’ a fundraiser at Milan Puskar stadium
It was a couple of Julys ago at a COVID-abbreviated band camp near Morgantown, and this band was most assuredly working it, on an almost-sweltering day. Meet […]
FBI Academy looking for 2023 class nominations
The FBI CJIS Division Citizens Academy is seeking nominations for its 2023 class. Over an eight-week period, the FBI Citizens Academy provides an inside look at the […]
Divisive politics hurting public schools, California educators say
Poetry, Robert Frost said, makes you remember — what you didn’t know you knew. Which, in many ways mirrors the findings of a study on life in […]
Teachers provide input at inaugural ‘Solutions for Success’ focus group
BY MIKE NOLTING The first public education focus group was held Tuesday night in Morgantown. A second meeting was held Wednesday in Wheeling. “Solutions for Success” sessions […]
Two AmeriCorps volunteers join North Elementary to manage its agriculture program
If you can remember mimeographed handouts and overhead projectors in school, you also know the old “My dog ate my homework” dodge — which has been rendered […]
