Forum takes on education changes
Published: October 30, 2009 8:00 AM
| Author: Davin White
- October 29, 2009
Big changes in K-12 education needed, speakers at UC say
By Davin White
Staff writer
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Savannah Coffman, a senior at Huntington High School, believes a lot of her classmates just don't care about school.
It's...
PEIA not pulling "fat tax" from public hearings
Published: October 28, 2009 2:00 PM
| Author: Phil Kabler
- October 27, 2009
PEIA planning to keep 'fat tax' proposal in public hearings
By Phil Kabler
Staff writer
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Gov. Joe Manchin has declared the issue off the table, but the Public Employees Insurance Agency Finance Board is still...
PEIA "fat-tax" appears dead
Published: October 27, 2009 8:00 AM
| Author: Phil Kabler
- October 26, 2009
Manchin tells employees 'fat tax' is off the table
By Phil Kabler
Staff writer
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A proposed "fat tax" on overweight public employees is off the table, Gov. Joe Manchin told representatives of public school...
Funds target dropouts
Published: October 26, 2009 9:00 AM
| Author: Associated Press
- October 25, 2009
New program targeting dropouts wins funding
LAWRENCE MESSINA
Associated Press Writer
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Kanawha County officials hope a new approach toward keeping would-be dropouts in school will prove a model for the rest of...
PEIA considers charging obese workers
Published: October 23, 2009 11:00 AM
| Author: Phil Kabler
- October 22, 2009
PEIA looking at charging obese state workers more
By Phil Kabler
Staff writer
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Gov. Joe Manchin is asking the Public Employees Insurance Agency to consider following North Carolina's lead to impose higher health...
OPEB relief possiblity
Published: October 19, 2009 8:00 AM
| Author: Associated Press
- Temporary relief from OPEB possible
By Lawrence Messina
Associated Press Writer
CHARLESTON — Relief may be in the making for West Virginia’s county and local governments worried about non-pension retiree costs, a Manchin administration official told...
Year round schools discussed
Published: October 19, 2009 8:00 AM
| Author: Mannix Porterfield
- Year-round schooling push on the horizon
By Mannix Porterfield
REGISTER-HERALD REPORTER
CHARLESTON — Look for another spirited debate under the Capitol dome in January over the amount of time West Virginia students spend in school.
And this time...
Class time trumps calendar
Published: October 15, 2009 8:00 AM
| Author: Alison Knezevich
- October 14, 2009
Class time management trumps school calendar, specialist says
By Alison Knezevich
Staff writer
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Rearranging school calendars isn't as important as how teachers spend classroom time, an educational expert told...
Wise to quell rate of dropouts
Published: October 13, 2009 9:00 AM
| Author: Michelle Saxton, Daily Mail
- Tuesday October 13, 2009
Wise aims to quell rate of dropouts
W.Va. has three of the 1,907 schools where only 60 percent of freshman progress to senior year
by Michelle Saxton
Daily Mail Capitol Reporter
CHARLESTON, W.Va.--Former West Virginia...
COPS: MHS teacher drunk
Published: October 12, 2009 10:00 AM
| Author: Alex Lang, Dominion Post
- Cops: MHS Teacher Was Drunk
Instructor’s name was redacted from officer’s report
By Alex Lang
The Dominion Post
A Morgantown High School teacher was drunk, failed a field sobriety test and refused a Breathalyzer test, before being removed from...
Innovation zones
Published: October 12, 2009 8:00 AM
| Author: Pricilla Haden, op ed
- October 10, 2009
Priscilla Haden: Innovation Zones key to transforming schools
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- President Barack Obama has called education one of the three building blocks of innovation. I'm proud that in West Virginia we too have recognized the...
Health officer addresses WVBE
Published: October 9, 2009 9:00 AM
| Author: MetroNews Staff
- 10/08/2009
Health Officer Addresses State School Board
MetroNews Staff
Charleston
The state Board of Education got a lesson on swine flu during...
Swine flu spreads
Published: October 8, 2009 8:00 AM
| Author: AP
- Swine flu invades border counties in W.Va.
Associated Press
CHARLESTON (AP) — From coal mines to classrooms, West Virginians are bracing for swine flu to spread as pockets of cases were reported Tuesday in several border counties.
Cabell, Jackson,...
Parents call for BOE to close school
Published: October 7, 2009 8:00 AM
| Author: Bill Rosenberger and Laura Wilcox
- Parents call for BOE to close school
October 06, 2009 @ 10:15 PM
BILL ROSENBERGER and LAURA WILCOX
The Herald-Dispatch
HUNTINGTON -- More than two dozen parents scolded Superintendent William Smith and the members of the Cabell County Board of...
Jackson students spread swine flu
Published: October 7, 2009 8:00 AM
| Author: WTAP-TV
- Jackson Students Carrying Swine Flu
WTAP-TV
There are 63 cases of swine flu in Jackson County and the majority of those cases are students.
Wendy Crawford with the Jackson County Health Department said that there are 34 confirmed H1N1 cases in Ripley...
Teachers head back to school
Published: October 6, 2009 8:00 AM
| Author: Associated Press
- October 5, 2009
W.Va. teachers head back to class
The Associated Press
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Teachers from nine southern West Virginia counties are going back to school, thanks to a $1.6 million federal grant aimed at improving history education.
...
Union, Board should meet
Published: October 5, 2009 8:00 AM
- Board, Union Should Talk
The Intelligencer
POSTED: October 5, 2009
Regular meetings among Hancock County Board of Education members and officials of the union representing many teachers are a good idea. However, they should not be held as was the...
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