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By The Associated Press
A nonprofit coalition is urging Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin to restore $1 million in state funding for early childhood and other family resource programs.
The Our Children, Our Future campaign to end child poverty said Wednesday it has requested a meeting with Tomblin and is seeking to have the funding reconsidered at an upcoming legislative special session.
The cuts included $388,000 for domestic violence-related programs, $250,000 for in-home family...
By Beth Christian Broschart - Staff Writer
The Inter-Mountain
BUCKHANNON - U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., returned to West Virginia Wesleyan College Tuesday, bringing broadcasting legend Ted Koppel along for a forum encouraging students to get involved in public service.
"In the 1960s this notion of public service was a hot item," Koppel, who served as the forum's moderator, said. "It is not today. Tell these young people why public service is so important."
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By Chelsi Baker
The Times West-Virginian
FAIRMONT — The Marion County Board of Education discussed issues surrounding the new digital format of this year’s WESTEST at their meeting Monday.
“No one knew anything about the issues that came up,” said Superintendent Gary Price. “We anticipated that they might, but there was a conference call this afternoon ... there were 42 counties looking for help.”
Today marked the first day of the WESTEST, which was to be taken...
By The Huntington Herald-Dispatch
SOUTH CHARLESTON -- Training at the Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing (RCBI) is providing dozens of teachers in 12 counties across West Virginia the tools and skills they need to deliver interactive lessons to their students, according to a news release.
In collaboration with NASA Independent Verification and Validation's Educator Resource Center, RCBI and Marshall University's June Harless Center delivered a one-day...
By Marla Pisciotta
Cumberland Times-News
ROMNEY, W.Va. — West Virginia Board of Education President Gayle Manchin responded to issues at the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind during an interview with the Times-News Wednesday morning.
Manchin confirmed that the state intends to keep the schools in Romney despite concerns of child care workers that Schools Superintendent Lynn Boyer was hired to move the schools.
“We are fortunate to have this quality...