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  <title><![CDATA[WV receives waiver from federal education law]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[WV receives waiver from federal education law
By Cecelia Mason &amp; Ashton Marra
&nbsp;A new teacher evaluation system approved by the West Virginia Legislature in 2011 is one factor that allowed the state to get a waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind law. The waiver is expected to give the state more flexibility in how it addresses problems in low performing schools.The waiver, which the state applied for last September, allows West Virginia to start using its own system to identify strugglin...]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 13:26:06 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[State BoE fast-tracking school reform policies]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[State BoE fast-tracking school reform policies
By Travis Brinks in News | May 12, 2013 at 9:00PM 
CHARLESTON, W.Va. &mdash; Since Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin&rsquo;s education reform bill was signed into law, the focus quickly has shifted to implementation.
&ldquo;We have a lot of work to do in a short amount of time to get the policies in place to set the rules for doing these things,&rdquo; said West Virginia Board of Education president Wade Linger. 
The law dealt with many areas within the education sy...]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 13:25:13 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Vicki S. Hinerman: Summers students enticed to test well]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Vicki S. Hinerman: Summers students enticed to test well
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Summers County High School has been named by the West Virginia Department of Education as a &quot;priority school.&quot; To receive federal Title I funds, the department is required to have a plan to increase test scores.
The plan is to give assistance to schools that score in the bottom 5 percent for three years. In the case of Summers County High, only the 11th-grade scores on the language arts and math sections of the WEST...]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 07:37:37 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[W.Va. will work with Barbour to fix school menus ]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[W.Va. will work with Barbour to fix school menus 
Associated Press
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) &mdash; A school district forced to apologize for serving children cold cheese sandwiches for lunch had planned to include meat and several side dishes, but the state Department of Education's chief nutritional officer said Tuesday even that meal would have been less than ideal. 
&quot;This is the first time in my tenure that I've seen bologna on a menu,&quot; said Richard Goff, executive director of the Office o...]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 07:35:38 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Wade Linger Jr.: Board needs to put on its overalls and refurbish education]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Wade Linger Jr.: Board needs to put on its overalls and refurbish education
There is nothing like taking a vintage vehicle and refurbishing it back to perfection. When I bought a 1957 Chevy Nomad it needed a little help -- OK, a lot of help. The paint was chipping, there were a few dents and the upholstery was damaged. With attention, dedication and a clear vision, the car was reborn. Why do I share this story? As a car guy, I see similarities to the recent renovation of the state's education system. 
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  <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 08:40:04 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[S. Thomas Bond: No motivation for education]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[S. Thomas Bond: No motivation for education
Everyone realizes our schools are in trouble. No one seems to know why, and thinking about solutions is invariably kept in a separate compartment from our other social problems. The wealthy put their children in private schools, some religious folk put theirs in special schools run by religious leaders. Retired teachers are thankful they are no longer teaching and spend hours telling each other how things have changed. 
The recent ruckus involving firing of t...]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 08:37:55 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Testing service apologizes for 'disastrous' disruptions of students' online exams]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Testing service apologizes for 'disastrous' disruptions of students' online exams
By Mark Schone, NBC News
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The nation&rsquo;s second largest educational testing service apologized Wednesday for computer issues that disrupted federally-mandated online tests for thousands of students in Indiana and Oklahoma this week &ndash; exams that are already controversial for their outsize role in determining school funding, student evaluations and teacher salaries.
&ldquo;We sincerely regret the problems ...]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 09:40:01 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[West Virginia receives high marks for pre-kindergarten support]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[West Virginia receives high marks for pre-kindergarten support
By Sarah Plummer, Register-Herald Reporter
West Virginia has received high marks from the National Institute for Early Education Research&rsquo;s &ldquo;State of Preschool 2012.&rdquo;At a time when preschool funding has stalled in many states, West Virginia is being recognized for defying the trend and increasing pre-K resources.The report shows West Virginia increased per pupil pre-K spending by $10 million in 2011-2012 to about $6,000 pe...]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 08:35:07 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[State Board of Ed responds to legislative changes]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[State Board of Ed responds to legislative changes
By Ashton MarraMay 1, 2013 &bull; The West Virginia state Board of Education took its special meeting on the road this week, traveling to Lewis County to discuss the changes made to the public education system during the legislative session.By now it&rsquo;s no secret that this was the year of education for the West Virginia state legislature. The two houses considered dozens of education reform bills in response to the Governor&rsquo;s Education Efficie...]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 08:33:59 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Concerns over plans for student iPads addressed]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Concerns over plans for student iPads addressed
By Sarah Plummer, Register-Herald Reporter
BECKLEY &mdash; Raleigh County School&rsquo;s announcement that they will be the first county in the state to move all students, second grade and up, to one-to-one computing before Christmas during the 2013-14 school year through a partnership with Apple is a staggering expectation.But with the announcement comes questions of student responsibility, cyber bullying and Internet safety.Mary Ann Foster, Raleigh Coun...]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:12:42 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Bobbi Nicholson: Education 'reform']]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Bobbi Nicholson: Education 'reform'CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- I've been reading with some bemusement the text of the governor's education &quot;reform&quot; legislation and the flurry of media attention that accompanied its passage. House Republican objections that the original legislation failed to address the number of employees in the Department of Education when measured against the number of state P-12 students -- were legitimate. Protesters were right to discern that shifting some of those resources and ...]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:17:57 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Teacher respect issue discussed]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Teacher respect issue discussed
By Wendy Holdren, Register-Herald Reporter
What was once thought of as a highly respected and sought-after job title is becoming an increasingly difficult position to fill.Becoming a teacher used to be a profession youngsters dreamed of, college kids strived for and adults respected.But nowadays, Raleigh County Superintendent Jim Brown says that&rsquo;s a thing of the past.&ldquo;A lot of teachers who came into the system 20 or 30 years ago came into the profession becau...]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:34:50 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Dale Lee: Losing faith in the school board]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Dale Lee: Losing faith in the school boardI am puzzled after reading State Board President Wade Linger's recent report on Board of Education staff delivered at last week's meeting. As I recall, one of his criticisms of former State Superintendent Jorea Marple was that she wasn't moving fast enough to reduce staff noted in the governor's Education Efficiency Audit and that she was simply protecting State Department of Education employees and maintaining the status quo.At the time, Dr. Marple attempted to ...]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:41:04 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[BOE's Linger: Department not bloated, despite $750K audit's claims]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[BOE's Linger: Department not bloated, despite $750K audit's claimsBy Mackenzie MaysPowerpoint presentation used by Linger (PDF)CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- An audit of West Virginia's public schools system that claims the Department of Education is overly bureaucratic and top-heavy with administrators is misleading, according to state Board of Education President Wade Linger. The governor's $750,000 education-efficiency audit -- conducted by Pennsylvania-based consulting firm Public Works -- says the state's Dep...]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 08:19:11 GMT</pubDate>
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