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Cole says Common Core has failed, should be repealed
By Samuel Speciale, Staff Writer , Charleston Gazette-Mail
A day after revoking an agreement regarding West Virginia’s involvement in developing Common Core, Senate President Bill Cole said the controversial standards have been a failure and that the state must change course if it wants to improve student achievement.
While he wouldn’t say Common Core is the cause of West Virginia’s education woes, the...
State revenues: Coal beginning to show production decrease
By Jeff Jenkins, WV MetroNews
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Tax collections in the new fiscal year in West Virginia started out in July the same way they ended June with severance taxes missing projections, state Revenue Secretary Bob Kiss said Wednesday.
Overall the state missed its July estimate by $4.8 million with much of that, $3.8 million, from a shortfall in severance tax collections. Kiss and others...
Cole calls Common Core a 'non-starter,' says it's time to start over
By Jeff Jenkins, WV MetroNews
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State Senate President Bill Cole says the Common Core teaching standards will be repealed during next year’s [legislative] session.
Cole (R-Mercer) called the controversial standards, which deal with Math, English/Language Arts, a “non-starter” during a Wednesday appearance on MetroNews ‘Talkline.’
"We have too many people in the...
Cole, Armstead file letter against Common Core
By Matt Maccaro, WV MetroNews
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The two leading lawmakers in West Virginia took steps Tuesday aimed at repealing the state Common Core standards.
Senate President Bill Cole and House Speaker Tim Armstead sent a letter to the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers revoking a 2009 agreement between the state and the NGA regarding development of Common...
Changes ahead for Fayette County students
By Annie Moore, WVVA Multimedia Journalist
Fayette County (WVVA) -- As Fayette County students prepare to head back to school, many will be returning with more pressing questions than just who their next teacher will be. While some will stay in the same school as last year, others will be walking into a new one.
Just a month into his term as Superintendent, Terry George said he is working toward a long-term plan...