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West Virginia state superintendent backs pay bump to boost math teaching skills

January 07, 2019

State Schools Superintendent Steve Paine supports a one-time pay incentive for educators who aren't certified to teach math, but are teaching it anyway, to increase their math education skills, and for elementary school teachers to also improve their math pedagogy. Last school year, only about 37 percent of tested public school students scored as at least “proficient” in math, and the proficiency percentage for high school juniors was only 29 percent.

Home visiting in high school: Trying an intervention for toddlers on teenagers

Ariana Fine | January 04, 2019

To increase the number of high school graduates seeking more education, one West Virginia district is deploying at every grade level a practice that has proven to give at-risk infants and toddlers a head start in life: home visiting. McDowell County is sending teachers directly to kids' homes to counsel, persuade and cajole them to graduate on time and plan for their future.

Virginia tries to streamline education process for preschool teachers

Ariana Fine | January 02, 2019

For the first time, students taking early childhood education classes at Virginia's community colleges can have those credits and degrees automatically transfer to four-year schools so they can get their bachelor's degree and teaching license in four years.

Preparing students for yet-to-be-created jobs

Ray Bendici | December 18, 2018

Virtual reality, artificial intelligence, machine learning and other emerging technologies will so greatly transform business that an estimated 85 percent of the jobs needed by 2030 have not been created, according to a recent report. That uncertainty affects current students who will join the workforce in the next decade.

Virginia districts spending thousands on special education disputes

msdc | December 15, 2018

The costs in Central Virginia have mushroomed over the last few years. Some attribute it to more parents aware of their rights and fighting for them, while there’s also been an increase in the number of students with disabilities, particularly students with autism.   8News has uncovered Virginia school districts spending a substantial amount of time […]

W.V. Board of Education recommends changes to school funding formula

msdc | December 15, 2018

It’s been more than a decade since West Virginia’s school aid funding formula has been updated. Board members approved a proposal they say will make the formula work for county school systems that continue to lose students and face greater challenges in educating children. It’s been more than a decade since West Virginia’s school aid funding formula has been […]

Ohio County districts to get $9 million in grants

msdc | December 11, 2018

The West Virginia School Building Authority granted the first $9 million in state funding needed to begin countywide building upgrades in Ohio County Schools. The district must then apply for the grants again in 2019 and 2020. This will be added to the $42.2 million levy passed last spring by voters in the school district. […]

New curriculum on the Holocaust

msdc | December 06, 2018

A new curriculum for teachers, developed by the nonprofit organization Journeys in Film, in partnership with the USC Rossier School of Education’s Center for Engagement-Driven Global Education, will give educators more resources to help students make sense of prejudice and hatred, drawing on the life of Oskar Schindler as an entry point. With anti-Semitism on […]

Virginia lawmaker focuses on fix for outdated schools

msdc | December 05, 2018

Franklin County Sen. Bill Stanley chairs a subcommittee that will recommend a statewide bond referendum that could raise up to $4 billion for school modernization. The panel will support legislation that would determine who is first in line for funding. Another bill would help communities with public private partnerships that could make school construction more […]

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