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Editorial: Time to give charter schools pilot program a chance

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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

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