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  <title><![CDATA[School board goes back to drawing board on teacher hiring policy]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[School board goes back to drawing board on teacher hiring policy
by Shay Maunz
Daily Mail staff
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Major changes in the way school employees are hired in West Virginia will take effect July 1, only two weeks after the policy outlining those changes was presented to the public and the state Board of Education. 
The state school board approved the new policy -- a product of the massive education reform package approved by the Legislature this spring -- in its regular meeting Thursday....]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:40:33 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Teacher hiring changes approved]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Teacher hiring changes approved
By David Gutman
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- State Board of Education members unanimously approved an overhaul of how teachers are hired at schools throughout West Virginia on Thursday, but teacher groups were still concerned that nepotism could sneak into the hiring process. 
The new rule lays out nine criteria to be used when hiring teachers -- but those criteria don't need to be considered if a school's principal and faculty senate and the county superintendent all agree on ...]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:38:59 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Needy children receive nutritious meals through federally and state funded summer program]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Needy children receive nutritious meals through federally and state funded summer program
By Ashton Marra, WV Public BroadcastingJune 11, 2013 &bull; The WV Department of Education and the US Department of Agriculture have long partnered to provide breakfast and lunch to children in West Virginia&rsquo;s schools, but at least 60 percent of those children are classified as needy, meaning they get government assistance to pay for those meals.So what happens during the summer months to those thousands of c...]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 08:30:32 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description><![CDATA[State officials welcome federal preschool expansion proposal 
By Mackenzie Mays
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia is ranked among the best in the nation when it comes to providing families access to preschool, but state officials are welcoming any extra federal support that could come with President Obama's proposal for early education for all children. 
Last week, the White House released data outlining what states could expect to receive in federal funding to expand early learning initiatives throu...]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 07:39:53 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Foundation OKs $50,000 grant if drug-testing policy approved]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Foundation OKs $50,000 grant if drug-testing policy approved
By Lawrence Messina, Associated Press
BECKLEY &mdash; A non-profit foundation approved a $50,000 grant proposal Friday that would aid Raleigh County Schools in implementing student drug-testing.The grant is contingent on the passage of a proposed drug policy that is currently being considered by members of the Raleigh County Board of Education.The grant was unanimously approved by board members of The Carter Family Foundation, a Beckley-based...]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 07:31:50 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[West Virginia to Require Shatter-Resistant Glass in Schools ]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[West Virginia to Require Shatter-Resistant Glass in Schools 
DWM magazine
The West Virginia School Building Authority (SBA) recently approved a safety measure that will require new schools built in the state to have shatter-resistant glass, according to SBA executive director Mark Manchin.
&ldquo;The SBA voted to require that all new schools funded with our funds to have shatter-proof glass at the front entry and sidelites,&rdquo; Manchin tells DWM magazine. &ldquo;This will start immediately with sch...]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 07:30:54 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Unions lend support to House speaker hopeful]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Unions lend support to House speaker hopeful
by Zack Harold
Daily Mail Capitol Reporter
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - With the front-runners now apparent in the race for a new speaker of the House of Delegates, state labor groups are throwing their support behind House Judiciary Chairman Tim Miley.
The state AFL-CIO and the West Virginia Education Association announced their support for Miley Wednesday afternoon. The union's executive board unanimously voted late last week to back Miley. 
The West Virginia AF...]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 07:30:41 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[State rolls out teacher evaluation system]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[State rolls out teacher evaluation system
by Shay Maunz
Daily Mail staffCHARLESTON, W.Va. - Educators across West Virginia are going to spend the summer preparing for a new method of evaluating teachers. 
State lawmakers established the method last year when they singled out an education evaluation pilot project for widespread adoption. When the new system is put into place statewide this fall, it will mean that all teachers, even longtime educators, will be evaluated annually. 
The pilot was initiat...]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 07:29:53 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[No more 'teaching to the test' in W.Va.]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[No more 'teaching to the test' in W.Va.With No Child Left Behind exemption, educators to use 'growth model'
By Mackenzie Mays
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- If West Virginia had not gotten an exemption from federal No Child Left Behind regulations last week, all of the state's students would have been expected to achieve proficient scores in reading and math on next year's standardized tests, a standard the state has not been close to reaching in the past. 
In the 2011-12 school year, only about 49 percent of t...]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 07:28:35 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[No Child Left Behind waiver will bring major changes to schools]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[No Child Left Behind waiver will bring major changes to schools
by Shay Maunz
Daily Mail staff
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - They might not be immediately noticeable to students, but major changes are coming to education in West Virginia. 
On Monday, the federal Department of Education granted West Virginia's request for a waiver that will free them from much of the federal education law known as No Child Left Behind. The result is an overhaul of the state's method of appraising schools' success and failure. ...]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:08:32 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[State education department gets No Child Left Behind waiver]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[State education department gets No Child Left Behind waiver
By Mackenzie Mays
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia is the latest state to be granted a waiver by the U.S. Department of Education that relieves schools from federal rules associated with the No Child Left Behind Act introduced more than a decade ago.
That means the state will now use its own unique accountability system to identify struggling schools. West Virginia's system will focus more on individual student academic growth and offer mor...]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 14:51:20 GMT</pubDate>
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