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By David Gutman
The Charleston Gazette
More than one in four kids in West Virginia lives in poverty. That’s nearly 100,000 kids.
One in three West Virginia kids under the age of 5 lives in poverty.
Those numbers come from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2013 American Community Survey, which showed a statistically significant increase in child poverty in West Virginia for the first time since at least 2009.
In West Virginia, 27 percent of kids and 33 percent of...
By Staff reports
The Charleston Gazette
The state Department of Education has paid more than $63,000 for legal counsel in response to former state superintendent of schools Jorea Marple’s lawsuit, according to documents from the West Virginia Board of Risk and Insurance Management.
A Freedom of Information Act request was made by the West Virginia Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse last week inquiring about the Department of Education’s fees in Jorea Marple v. West Virginia...
By The Associated Press
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Initial performance audits of West Virginia schools will begin Monday as part of a new statewide assessment program.
The audits involve onsite visits of all schools by the Office of Education Performance Audits over the next two years. They will provide Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, the state Legislature and the West Virginia Board of Education an overall view of performance.
Among the reasons for the visits are to identify...
Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah elementary school teacher who was carrying a concealed firearm at school was struck by fragments from a bullet and a porcelain toilet when her gun accidentally fired in a faculty bathroom on Thursday, officials said.
The sixth-grade teacher at Westbrook Elementary School, in the Salt Lake City suburb of Taylorsville, was injured when the bullet struck a toilet and caused it to explode, Granite School District spokesman Ben Horsley...
By Mackenzie Mays,
The West Virginia Board of Education is considering major reform for the state’s school system, which would change the way local school districts operate.
Education leaders are examining ways to restructure the state’s 55-district school system by putting school management and bookkeeping responsibilities in the hands of an outside entity, allowing local administrators to focus more on student achievement.
As part of Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin’s...