- By Amelia Ferrell Knisely, Charleston Gazette-Mail
Sen. Joe Manchin said he took the plight of West Virginia’s 10,000 homeless students to the country’s top education official this week, asking for federal attention on the state’s issue.
Manchin, D-W.Va., called the number of homeless students, nearly 1 in every 25, “absolutely unacceptable.”
He said he spoke with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Sept. 17 for 30 minutes via phone in...