West Virginia Department of Education

On this West Virginia Morning, this month marks the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Blair Mountain. Folkways reporter Rebecca Williams talked to Saro Lynch-Thomason about the Blair Pathways Project, which tells the history of the West Virginia Mine Wars, through music.

The West Virginia Department of Education will hold a press conference Wednesday to address back-to-school guidance for all 55 county school districts.

On this West Virginia Morning, a West Virginia artisan has taken something as mundane as a turkey call and turned it into a work of art, capturing the history and tradition along the way.

The West Virginia Department of Education last week released a report that found the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind to be in non-compliance in eight different areas. Those areas included student care, instruction, special education, facilities, transportation, financial indicators and purchasing compliance, personnel and leadership.

In this week’s installment of "Closing the COVID Gap," we take a closer look at the millions of federal dollars flowing into the state to help with COVID-relief in our schools. Last week, the West Virginia Board of Education discussed the additional dollars from the American Rescue Plan and how it might be used.

The West Virginia Board of Education is exploring ways to improve working conditions for teachers who are emerging from the unprecedented drain of teaching during a pandemic -- and looking ahead at the way forward for themselves and their students who will need remediation.

West Virginia education officials emphasized the importance of in-person instruction during a Wednesday meeting of the state board of education.State Superintendent Clayton Burch said most school systems in West Virginia are offering five days a week of in-person instruction while 14 counties have been granted a waiver to offer four days of in-person classes.

As West Virginia lawmakers gear up to return to the Capitol next week for the 2021 state legislative session, there are many issues that are top of mind -- from tackling the coronavirus pandemic, expanding telehealth care, broadband, job creation, tax repeals and reviewing the governor’s emergency powers -- another issue will be centerstage: education.

A new online survey for K-12 teachers is seeking input from them on ways to improve the state's education system. Meanwhile, Gov. Jim Justice said Friday that all K-12 teachers and staff, 50 and older, who requested the coronavirus vaccine in the first round have now received it.

The West Virginia Board of Education canceled a meeting that was scheduled Tuesday morning to address counties that did not initially comply with a ruling to return to in-person learning.