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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Mullens Math Teacher Awarded $25,000 For Excellence In Education
West Virginia’s 2025 Milken Educator Award winner is Brooke Bailey, a third and fourth grade math teacher at Mullens Elementary School in Wyoming County.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsViolent, Chilling Student Behavior Stories Shock Legislators
Legislators learned of horror stories in elementary classrooms with disruptive children attacking teachers during an interim meeting Monday.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsJustice Signs Education Bills With Grade Schoolers
After a playful half hour of taking questions in the school gymnasium from the all-student audience, the governor had students help hold his pen as he began signing House Bill 3035, the Third Grade Success Act, putting teachers aides in grades one through three.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsSenate Passes Bill Requiring Teachers Receive In-Field Master's Degrees For Pay Increase
SB 15 prohibits teachers from receiving a pay increase for any education level above a bachelor’s degree unless they have received a master’s degree that directly connects to the areas in which they teach. By doing this, that teacher would then be eligible to receive a bump in pay.
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In First Week, Legislature Considers Bills Related To Charter Schools, Education Savings Accounts And More
Members of the West Virginia Legislature kicked off the first week of the 2021 session introducing a flurry of education bills -- 83 total. As of Saturday, 64 bills have been introduced dedicated to K-12 education, 16 bills related to higher education, and three bills aimed at education generally.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsTeachers At A ‘Breaking Point,’ Union Tells W.Va. Board Of Education
State education leaders continue to hear concerns regarding the reopening strategy of West Virginia’s public and private K-12 schools. Some parents are frustrated with the education model officials have adopted, such as the color-coded map and the back-and-forths between in-person and virtual settings as a result of virus spread, and some teachers are feeling stretched-thin.
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