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By Ryan Quinn
The Charleston Gazette
Members of a state school board commission considered Wednesday altering the map of Regional Education Service Agencies, but got held up on something people have been asking for years — what are RESAs supposed to do?
The Commission on School District Governance and Administration eventually decided to recommend that the state school board, at its meeting this month, delay altering RESAs’ roles and stick with the current map of...
By Sarah Tincher
The State Journal
West Virginia University will be furthering its STEM education thanks to a $1.45 million grant from the National Math and Science Initiative, which will allow the school to establish a UTeach program, a unique teacher-training program for secondary science, technology, engineering and mathematics teachers.
The rigorous UTeach program attracts high-performing undergraduate students majoring in STEM fields to the teaching field and...
By Shauna Johnson
WV MetroNews
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – November was a “very good month” for tax collections in West Virginia, according to state Revenue Secretary Bob Kiss.
Overall, tax officials said collections were more than $30 million ahead of estimates for November or 11 percent better than projections. Compared with Nov. 2013, revenue collections were up by almost 15 percent.
“Obviously, we’ve still got seven months left, so we’ve got long ways to go,” Kiss...
By Marla Pisciotta For The State Journal
The West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind has not experienced significant capital projects in nearly 40 years, with the last buildings erected in the 1970s.
On top of that, the Romney schools have not experienced significant renovation in nearly 30 years with only one sizable renovation occurring to Seaton Hall in the 1980s.
That situation may change in the near future.
Due to an ongoing push from Delegate...
By Kimberly Hefling - AP Education Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration, seeking to improve teaching even before teachers enter the classroom, is proposing new rules that would penalize teacher-training programs that turn out ill-prepared graduates.
Under the rules proposed Tuesday, only training programs deemed to be working well would be eligible to receive money from federal TEACH grants given to prospective teachers who agree to teach in disadvantaged schools....