by Scott McIntosh The debate over school vouchers this legislative session in Idaho very well could be “the most important debate we have had since statehood,” predicts […]
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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 […]
Education, PEIA, DHHR, on list for Legislative session
Today marks the start of the West Virginia Legislature’s regular session. “The time that we’ll spend here in the next 60 days together goes by really, really […]
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 […]
The world should pressure the Taliban to allow girls an education
by Metra Mehran and Natalie Gonnella-Platts The student is a woman majoring in computer science at a private university in Afghanistan, but since the Taliban retook control […]
Teacher exodus in West Virginia is worsening
West Virginia’s teacher shortage is getting worse. Figures released by the state Department of Education show there are 1,544 non-certified teachers in classrooms this school year. That […]
Closing schools during the pandemic was bad
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 […]
What you need to know about Amendments 3 & 4 before Nov. 8
Yesterday, we covered Amendments 1 and 2, so today we’ll go over Amendments 3 and 4 and what you need to know about them before Election Day. […]
Not to be outdone by fellow culture warriors, Ashcroft takes on librarians
Given the ever-more extreme race to the right by Missouri’s Republican leaders lately, it was perhaps only a matter of time before one of them suggested the […]
Supreme Court majority rules in favor of public aid
A majority of West Virginia Supreme Court justices dissolved an injunction against a scholarship for students leaving the public school system. The Hope Scholarship was being challenged […]
