From The Exponent Telegram of Clarksburg: After seven public forums sponsored by the West Virginia Department of Education, a few sponsored by other groups and a great deal of public debate through social media platforms and other venues, the question still remains: Would charter schools help or harm public education?[Read More…]
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Editorial: 12-year-old delivering WVU address is an inspiration
From the Charleston Gazette-Mail, Gazette editorial page: The West Virginia University Reed College of Media will have the youngest person in school history — possibly U.S. history — deliver it’s commencement address on May 10. Twelve-year-old dynamo Hilde Kate Lysiak, who has been reporting on crime for her website and[Read More…]
Editorial: W.Va. must find a way forward on education
From The Register-Herald of Beckley: While most discussions inside education reform hearings held around the state these past couple of weeks have focused on support services for children suffering from the trauma of growing up in broken homes, the benefits and drawbacks of charter schools and the advantages and disadvantages[Read More…]
Editorial: Helping the WVSOS stop the spread of disinformation
From The Journal of Martinsburg: On a recent visit to the Eastern Panhandle, West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner brought with him an interesting packet of information. The packet included images depicting posts made on social media as part of the disinformation campaign used against America — and its[Read More…]
Editorial: W.Va. Governor, road officials need to tell us the plan to improve road conditions
From The Dominion Post of Morgantown We were about to write meetings on road conditions are just not enough. However, following Wednesday’s postponement of a Monongalia County Commission work session with state highway officials we thought better of that. For now, that meeting is supposedly rescheduled for next Wednesday (April[Read More…]
Marshall University selected for national high school journalism workshop
From The Herald-Dispatch of Huntington HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Dow Jones News Fund has selected Marshall University’s W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications for participation in a summer high school workshop with a health and wellness theme. The Marshall program is one of only 10 such workshops at[Read More…]
W.Va. Power outlasts Greenville, 6-5
Press Release from W.Va. Power: GREENVILLE, S.C. — Thanks to a two-run eighth inning and five solid innings from their bullpen, the Power was able to overcome a pair of one-run deficits to take down the Drive, 6-5, Saturday evening at Fluor Field at The West End in Greenville. West Virginia[Read More…]
West Virginia and federal law enforcement urges awareness, action against child exploitation online
By LACIE PIERSON Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Federal and state investigators and court officials want parents to be sure they’re alert to potential risks for their children, young and old, online. U.S. Attorney Mike Stuart hosted a news conference Thursday morning with officials from the FBI and West Virginia[Read More…]
Pay gap for women social work faculty continues nationwide
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Leslie Tower, professor of social work at West Virginia University, found in a nationally representative survey that female social work faculty make less than their male counterparts by nearly $6,000 a year in spite of the fact that women are the majority in the profession.[Read More…]
Engineering students prep for national concrete canoe competition
Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. – For the 16th consecutive year, engineering students at Fairmont State have mastered the art of canoe building. The University’s American Society of Civil Engineers Student Chapter won first place in the Concrete Canoe Competition at the 2019 Virginias Conference with their canoe dubbed “The[Read More…]


