Aluminum Plates For Deep Space Win W.Va. 'Coolest' Contest
Aluminum plates that helped keep astronauts on the Artemis II rocket safe won the first ever Coolest Thing Made In West Virginia competition.
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Lincoln County Student Asks State Supreme Court To Order Fix Of School Funding
The suit, filed with the support of the American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia, asks the court to declare the state’s school funding system unconstitutional and order the state to meet its duty to provide a thorough and efficient education to every child in West Virginia.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsEducation Leaders, Community Members Call For Action On School Funding
Advocates say September is the last chance to provide supplemental funding before school districts have to make difficult decisions about school closures.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsState Notified Of Lawsuit Over School Funding
The ACLU-WV said students in Lincoln County receive a worse education than their parents and grandparents did — and that by some measures the schools are worse off than the system a court already found unconstitutional.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsDespite Cost Concerns, State Finance Official Says School Administrators An Affordable Necessity
As scrutiny of school finances increases, so do the complexities of school administration. Uriah Cummings, School Financial Operations officer for the West Virginia Department of Education, says administrators are needed to manage an increasingly complicated educational system.
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State Democrats Renew Calls For Special Session To Address Education Crisis
West Virginia House Democrats have renewed their request for Governor Patrick Morrisey to call a special session to alleviate the financial crisis facing the state’s public school system.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsPresentation On Governor’s ‘Principles For Education’ Leaves Some Wanting More
Curtis Capehart, who wears many hats in Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s administration including acting Secretary of Tourism, presented the Governor's Principles and Objectives for Education Reform.
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