“Simulated Workplaces” are REAL education reform
As the state Legislature's Special Session on education has unfolded, the conversation on education reform centers on whether or not to move funding away from public schools into Charter Schools or Educations Savings Accounts (ESA)—and how to punish teachers who stand up for themselves and their students.
Read More ShareIt’s More Than Just Teaching
West Virginia’s public schools, and the teachers who fill their halls, continue to fight an uphill battle to prove their worth to state legislators. The problem is that the loyalty of those legislators seems to be more to the folks funding their campaigns than to the schools that teach children in their districts.
Read More ShareJustice for at least one Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster Family
Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster Memorial in Whitesville, W.Va. | UBB Memorial Facebook
Carolyn Diana Davis has been waiting almost a decade for justice after her husband died in the Upper Big Branch explosion. How long will other families have to wait for mining companies to be held accountable for not keeping their workers safe?
Read More ShareThe Epic Failure of Charter Schools in Louisiana – Let’s Not Make Same Mistake in WV
Hurricane Katrina was bad enough. But after the Hurricane, Louisiana had a second man-made disaster. Millions in state and federal tax dollars were wasted on failed charter schools, many of which never even opened after receiving hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars. Let's avoid the same disaster in West Virginia.