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By Ryan Quinn, Charleston Gazette-Mail
A newspaper commentary authored by the state Senate Education Committee chairwoman contains a passage that is nearly identical to a post found on a pro-charter school website.
Sen. Patricia Rucker, R-Jefferson, on Thursday denied copying the passage.
“If it’s similar that’s pretty amazing,” she said. “It is an incredible coincidence.”
Rucker’s commentary was published in Thursday’s Register-Herald. It was also sent...
By Ryan Quinn, Charleston Gazette-Mail
Debra Sullivan told her fellow West Virginia Board of Education members Wednesday that she was perplexed, a word she repeated, alarmed and concerned about a state school board “finance” committee suddenly adding lawmakers as members and discussing non-finance-related topics.
“I was perplexed and dismayed to see that there was a policy committee established without our knowledge, without our opportunity for input,” Sullivan said.
It’...
By Ryan Quinn, Charleston Gazette-Mail
The West Virginia Department of Education is recommending no education savings account vouchers and, if charter schools are legalized, banning for-profit and virtual ones.
The department released those recommendations Tuesday in a report, available online at wvde.us/edvoices. Neither vouchers nor charter schools made the department’s four “top priorities,” which are:
By Brad McElhinny, WV MetroNews
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A new report resulting from education forums around the state may serve as a launching point for an upcoming legislative special session.
“I think it needs to be the foundation of a special session on education,” state Superintendent Steve Paine said today on MetroNews’ “Talkline.”
The report, called “West...
By Ryan Quinn, Charleston Gazette-Mail
On Thursday, Gov. Jim Justice said he supports “two or three pilot charter schools” in West Virginia.
Earlier that day, state Senate President Mitch Carmichael, R-Jackson, reiterated his support for both charter schools and education savings accounts (ESAs) in a letter he sent to the Gazette-Mail for publication.
On Tuesday, Senate Education Committee Chairwoman Patricia Rucker, R-Jefferson, said the upcoming special legislative...