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West Virginia ranks as one of the lowest scoring states for education in the United States. According to The National Assessment of Educational Progress, the state ranks significantly below the national average in mathematics, reading, writing, and science. This is compared to its surrounding states of Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky, Ohio and ...
Board of education. Currently, the West Virginia Board of Education is made up of nine citizens appointed by the Governor, who serve nine year terms, and two non-voting ex officio members, the State Superintendent of Schools, the Chancellor of the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, and the Chancellor of Community and Technical ...
Gov. Jim Justice announced Friday that West Virginia will not face a clawback of $465 million in COVID-19 money from the U.S. Department of Education, alleviating concerns raised by state ...
Gobitis (1940) West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 (1943), is a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court holding that the First Amendment protects students from being compelled to salute the American flag or say the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools. [1] [2]
Bluefield State University. / 37.26500°N 81.24000°W / 37.26500; -81.24000. Bluefield State University is a public historically black university (HBCU) in Bluefield, West Virginia. Despite being an HBCU, Bluefield's undergraduate student body is now over 80% white. The university is part of West Virginia's public university education ...
The Regents Bachelor of Arts (RBA) degree is offered at all four-year public colleges and universities of the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission. It is a non-traditional degree designed for adult learners where students can enter the program four years after high school and earn credits in the classroom, and through life and work ...
The Kanawha County Education Association (KCEA) is an association of school administrators and teachers for this school district. Dinah Adkins is the president. It is a local affiliate of the West Virginia Education Association. School choice. West Virginia is one of 10 states that does not have a charter school law.
The Kanawha County textbook controversy was a violent school control struggle in the 20th century United States. It led to the largest protests ever in the history of Kanawha County, West Virginia, the shooting of one bystander, and extended school closings. The controversy erupted in 1974 when new, multicultural textbooks were introduced that ...