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The Associated Press
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The state Department of Education has named three Schools of Excellence in West Virginia.
Those named for the 2014-15 school year were selected on several factors. They include curriculum, a safe and drug-free learning environment, documented student achievement and implementing advanced and innovative programs.
The winning schools announced Thursday are George Washington Elementary School in Eleanor, Brandywine Elementary School...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Elected representatives from across the state reaffirmed their commitment to competitive pay for teachers during the West Virginia Education Association’s 2014 Delegate Assembly on April 24-25 at the Charleston Marriott Town Center.
Delegates decided that the WVEA’s top legislative priority should continue to be a salary increase for teachers and other school employees.
This renewed focus follows legislation – which was sparked by the WVEA’s Competitive Pay...
By Casey Junkins, Staff Writer
The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register
MOUNDSVILLE - The Marshall County Board of Education may forgo about $181 million worth of potential property tax revenue to attract a natural gas power plant, but Superintendent Michael Hince said this fact tells only a small portion of the economic impact story.
As Buffalo, N.Y.-based private developer Moundsville Power LLC hopes to raise $615 million to build a 549-megawatt plant on a 37.5-acre...
By Marla Pisciotta
Cumberland Times-News
ROMNEY, W.Va. — Although the West Virginia School Building Authority has declined to provide any funding to the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind to begin building new residential learning centers, SBA Executive Director Mark Manchin said construction plans are not ditched.
The 2014 proposal request was for $7.1 million with the WVSDB contributing another $750,000.
“I’m disappointed,” Lynn Boyer,...
By Ben Adducchio
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
Editor's Note: WVPB begins a series of stories looking into the issue of how to keep young people in West Virginia. This came about as part of a special digital project undertaken at West Virginia Public Broadcasting over the past few months, WVNextIn6.
We asked you to tell us what’s next for West Virginia in six words or less. Several posts had the theme “Keep our Best and Brightest here.”
According to a recent...