Education

The West Virginia Department of Education announced that eight counties will be remote learning-only for the week of Oct. 26. State officials rolled out updated data Saturday, Oct. 24 at 5 p.m.

Berkeley, Mingo, Morgan, Randolph, Upshur, Wirt and Wyoming counties, which were in the orange zone on the state’s color-coded map, will not be open for in-person instruction this week. Doddridge was the only county in the red category and will also be required to teach students virtually this week.

The West Virginia Department of Education wants to gather data on K-12 students across the state, hoping to pinpoint where digital and broadband access is lacking. The hope is to use the data to highlight specific students’ needs when they are learning from home.

The West Virginia Department of Education announced that four counties, Doddridge, Harrison, Mingo and Upshur, will be remote learning-only for the week of Oct. 11. State officials rolled out updated data Saturday, Oct. 10 at 5 p.m.

The West Virginia Education Association, which is West Virginia’s largest teachers’ union in the state, filed an injunction Monday morning challenging the safety of the governor’s school re-entry map.

The West Virginia Department of Education announced that Boone, Harrison and Upshur counties, which were in the orange zone on the state’s color-coded map, will not be open for in-person instruction the week of Oct. 5-9.

All of West Virginia’s two and four-year public and private nonprofit higher education institutions will see support from the state to help increase surveillance testing for the coronavirus.

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos heard from principals, teachers, custodial staff, a band director, students and parents - all from Jefferson County Schools - who shared positive feedback on the district’s approach to fall 2020.

A coalition of education union members from across the state claim that COVID-19 cases in West Virginia public schools are higher than what is being reported by the state Department of Education.

The West Virginia Department of Education announced that two counties will be remote learning-only for the week of Sept. 27. State officials rolled out updated data Saturday, Sept. 26 at 5 p.m. Kanawha and Wayne counties will not be open for in-person instruction this week.