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State’s first-ever Freedom Week underway in classrooms
By Hans Fogle, WV MetroNews
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Students in Berkeley County and across the state will focus on the Constitution and government for the state’s new Celebrate Freedom Week.
Middle School Instructional Specialist Carol Hamilton said individual schools will be teaching students at each grade level about how the government works and the defining characteristics of the U.S...
WV state school board proposes lowering some teacher requirements
Ryan Quinn, Charleston Gazette-Mail
The West Virginia Board of Education has proposed changing some requirements to become a public school teacher by exempting education bachelor’s degree holders who meet minimum grade point averages from having to pass the basic knowledge test, and no longer requiring non-education master’s degree holders with “five years of directly related work experience” to...
Justice set to sign Every Student Succeeds Act plan
By Jeff Jenkins, WV MetroNews
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice could sign-off on the state’s Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) as early as Monday following passage of the plan back on Friday by the state Board of Education.
Under the federally mandated ESSA program, every state must outline the foundational pieces of its public education system, said state Department of Education spokeswoman Kristin...
Ohio, Monongalia lead the way in Smarter Balanced test results
By Carrie Hodousek, WV MetroNews
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The 2016-2017 Smarter Balanced test results show Ohio and Monongalia had high proficiency rates in English language arts and math, while McDowell County ranked last in both subjects.
The state Department of Education released county-by-county test results last week.
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Jury sides with GW principal, Kanawha board in defamation case
Lacie Pierson , Charleston Gazette-Mail
A 6-person jury determined Friday that a George Washington High School counselor didn’t suffer any damage to her reputation or privacy in a series of incidents stemming from the sexual assault of a student during the 2014-15 school year.
It took members of the jury about 40 minutes to determine GW Principal George Aulenbacher sent an email in March 2015...