Education News

Six high school students have been named as West Virginia’s finalists for this year’s U.S. Senate Youth Program (USSYP).

Appalachian Headwaters, a non-profit education, restoration and community development organization in southern West Virginia, is continuing its series of virtual field trips every Friday afternoon through December.

West Virginia University’s Board of Governors has affirmed the name of what will be a new college at the university set to open in July 2022.

West Virginia’s education and agriculture leaders have unveiled a new logo for the state’s Farm to School program. Officials say the new image is all about connection between local agriculture and schools.

On this West Virginia Morning, illegal dumpsites are a problem just about everywhere. We hear about a group of volunteers who are working to clean some of them up. Also, in this show, we listen to an excerpt from the latest episode of Us & Them, which is all about the charter school debate in West Virginia.

On this West Virginia Morning, the latest episode of Us & Them is all about the debate over charter schools in West Virginia. We talk with host Trey Kay to find out what he learned about the often contentious issue. Also, in this show, we learn how universities across the state are harnessing a growing interest in forensic science.

On this West Virginia Morning, a law passed legalizing same-sex marriages throughout the United States, but it still isn’t legal everywhere in the country. Also, in this show, the COVID-19 death toll is rising daily in West Virginia according to officials and we learn more about thousands of abandoned oil and gas wells that need to be capped in West Virginia.

Residents in Jefferson County listened this week to a proposal from a for-profit charter school company with eyes on opening in the Eastern Panhandle.

West Virginia’s K-12 and higher education leaders launched a new resource this week that will assist students by helping them find college and career options that meet their specific interests and needs after high school.

For the next six weeks, all Jefferson County public schools will switch to an early dismissal schedule on Fridays as a result of staffing shortages.