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By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph
PRINCETON — Finding enough certified teachers ready to teach subjects including math and science in area schools is still a challenging task for southern West Virginia’s school districts, local administrators said Wednesday.
The personnel agenda presented during the Sept. 24 Mercer County Board of Education meeting showed approximately 31 teaching positions to be filled; this figure included 11 special education teachers. There were...
CBS NEWS
Starting Tuesday, a controversial law will allow some teachers in Florida to carry guns inside the classroom. The bill was initially passed in response to the Parkland school shooting last...
WV MetroNews
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Dave Perry, the President of the West Virginia Board of Education, hopes the board’s listening tour to six locations in the state will be a time for productive exchanges.
The first stop on the tour will be Oct.7 at Mingo Central High School in Delbarton and will feature staff from the West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) and external stakeholders.
“We want to...
As of Sept. 12, there were 72 children missing from West Virginia’s foster care system, now classified as runaways by the state.
The state has recorded 651 runaway foster care children — mostly teen boys who flee from less-secure group care settings or schools — since the end of last year through earlier this month.
The number is likely to eclipse the previous year’s number of runaways,...
By Abby Haglage, Yahoo Lifestyle
The word teacher, for many, has long been synonymous with hero.
On social media, political stages and news sites, teachers are hailed as indefatigable...