Education

June 2, 2025 by Tamaya Browder
Cabell County Schools and the Consequences of Ineffective Public Education Policies

Public schools across the Mountain State have been working to overcome challenges to high-quality and equitable public education including declining student enrollment, insufficient funding, and diversion of funding and resources to the Hope Scholarship. With little progress made to address these challenges during the regular legislative session, school districts have been forced to resort to…

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May 24, 2025 by Sarah Duncan
Education Town Hall in Elkins

The Inter-Mountain - “Together for Public Schools” a focus group from the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy held a Town Hall meeting May 19 at Phil Gainer Center. Sarah Duncan, who spoke at Kump Center in March, returned to Elkins with a PowerPoint presentation full of information about the harms of using tax…

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May 20, 2025 by WVCBP
Amy Chalmers: Cutting Americorps Funding Hurts Appalachia (Opinion)

Charleston Gazette-Mail - AmeriCorps is a vital engine for progress in our state, and the recent decision to cancel $3 million in AmeriCorps grants in West Virginia represents a major setback. These cuts threaten to derail disaster response efforts, disrupt support for students who need it most and weaken the infrastructure of national service at…

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May 15, 2025 by WVCBP
‘Public Education Town Hall’ Set for Monday in Elkins

Intermountain - A “Town Hall” on public education will be offered Monday in Elkins, although no representatives from the Randolph County Board of Education plan to take part, officials said. Read the full article. Together For Public Schools West Virginia will hold a Public Education Town Hall Meeting and Q&A Monday at the Phil Gainer…

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May 7, 2025 by WVCBP
Town Hall Meeting to Discuss Impact of School Closures

Parkersburg News and Sentinel - A town hall meeting concerning the impact of school closures on education will be held from 6-7:30 p.m. Monday in the banquet room at the Worthington Golf Course. Read the full article. The meeting, which will include a time for questions and answers, is sponsored by the Parkersburg Area Labor…

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May 6, 2025 by Tamaya Browder
Raleigh County: Setting the Stage for Future Legislation to Benefit Public Education

Following this year’s regular legislative session, the need for sufficient funding and support for public schools remains. Although several bills were introduced this session to modernize the school funding formula, prevent school closures, and provide increased pay and benefits for school employees, none of these bills passed. Meanwhile, the legislature approved continued funding for the…

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April 30, 2025 by WVCBP
Letter to the Editor: Hope Scholarship and Public School Funding

Hampshire Review - The Hope Scholarship is an education savings account program available for K-12 students. It is an entitlement program that allows parents to use the state portion of their child’s education funding to provide individualized schooling for their child. For the 2024-2025 school year, just under $5,000 is being provided to each scholarship…

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April 29, 2025 by Tamaya Browder
K-12 Education and the 2025 Legislative Session: Much Talk But Little Meaningful Action

Children in West Virginia are constitutionally guaranteed a thorough and efficient system of free schools provided by the legislature. In recent years, our public education system has faced mounting challenges including declining enrollment, declining state revenues due to tax cuts, increased disinvestment through the Hope Scholarship, and threats to federal funding and support for public…

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April 29, 2025 by Tamaya Browder
How West Virginia Is Addressing a Spike in Kids’ Behavioral Issues

Governing - If you ask teachers and principals in West Virginia, they’ll tell you — the kids are not all right. Elementary school children are acting up more, school personnel say, with behaviors ranging from disruptive to violent, and teachers, parents and legislators are trying to figure out how to handle it. Read the full…

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