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Kanawha plans to offer statewide online school program
By Ryan Quinn, Charleston Gazette-Mail
Kanawha County’s public schools superintendent revealed Monday that his school system plans to partner with the state Department of Education to offer an online school option statewide, and the Kanawha Board of Education unanimously approved a job description for a planned new executive director to run the program.
Superintendent Ron Duerring said the state...
3 WV elementaries named 2017 National Blue Ribbon Schools
Staff reports, Charleston Gazette-Mail
Three West Virginia elementary schools are among the 342 National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2017, the U.S. Education Department announced Thursday.
Brooke County's Colliers Primary, Hampshire County's Slanesville Elementary and Taylor County's Flemington Elementary each won the award in the Exemplary High Performing Schools...
WV has highest rate of student loan defaults
By Jake Jarvis, Charleston Gazette-Mail
Rebekah Hollers, 36, of Charleston, is one of thousands of West Virginians who have defaulted on their student loans. After struggling to make her monthly payments, Hollers finally pulled herself out of default.To have enough money to pay rent and buy food as a college student, Rebekah Hollers worked overnight at Kroger. She would sleep whenever she could find time between work...
Should PEIA be privatized in West Virginia like workers comp?
By Brad McElhinny, WV MetroNews
Should the Public Employees Insurance Agency be privatized the way the workers compensation system was a decade ago?
Maybe, said Greg Burton, chief executive officer of BrickStreet Insurance and the guy who led the state Workers Compensation Commission years ago.
“Whether or not it correlates with PEIA...
WV officials unsure PEIA would benefit from privatization
By Phil Kabler, The Charleston Gazette-Mail
Privatization of West Virginia’s Workers’ Compensation insurance was successful, particularly in lowering employer premiums and increasing competition, Brickstreet Insurance CEO Greg Burton told legislators Tuesday.
Whether those successes would apply to privatization of the state Public Employees Insurance Agency health insurance remains to be seen, he...