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The nonprofit newsroom ProPublica has been reporting on how public money is funding private education and Earlier this month, published a series of stories about opening schools in two states. That includes opening a microschool in West Virginia alongside Mountain State Spotlight.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe nonprofit newsroom ProPublica has been reporting on the use of public money to fund private education. Earlier this month, ProPublica published a series of stories about how they, along with Mountain State Spotlight, opened a school in West Virginia. Reporter Jennifer Smith Richards spoke with Chris Schulz about the experience and what it says about modern education.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAn old high school will be transformed for use as a learn-and-earn program designed to create a healthcare workforce ready for jobs in rural counties.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsMillions of federal dollars will be used in an effort to sharply increase the number of high school graduates in West Virginia, as well as those who pursue education and training beyond high school.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe West Virginia Board of Education got its first look Wednesday at a proposal to update school funding in West Virginia, and voted that that the current funding formula does not provide a thorough and efficient education to public school students.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe $26.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will help construct the West Virginia State University Agriculture Complex that will house laboratory space for the university, as well as the state Department of Agriculture.
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