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West Virginia Teacher of the Year Honored by Governor, State Board of Education During Award Ceremony
January 10, 2019 CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Today, West Virginia Governor Jim Justice joined West Virginia Superintendent of Schools Dr. Steven Paine, the West Virginia Board of Education and representatives from Toyota Motor Manufacturing of West ...
Board of Education Approves Three Policies, Places Five on Public Comment Period
January 9, 2019 CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Board of Education (WVBE) met today for its monthly routine business meeting. During the meeting, five policies were discussed and placed on a 30-day public ...
Simulated Workplace Students Present Ideas for Innovative Community Projects
December 14, 2018 CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Five Simulated Workplace companies from across the state presented their winning ideas for developing, designing and constructing innovative community projects to the West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) this ...
Board of Education Approves Recommendations for Increased Education Funding
December 13, 2018 CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Board of Education (WVBE) unanimously approved six recommendations for increased education funding at its meeting this week. The recommendations, which will be presented to state lawmakers, ...
Tech Guru Jennifer Reaves Earns a $25,000 Milken Educator Award for Powering a Grade School Paradigm Shift
December 11, 2018 West Virginia educator arms code warriors of all ages at Mylan Park Elementary in Morgantown CHARLESTON, W.Va.—Technology in the classroom can be scary for some, but it becomes scary-good for everyone ...
Education and Military Leaders Sign Compact to Strengthen Partnership and Support Students
December 7, 2018 CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE), West Virginia Board of Education (WVBE) and local military representatives joined together today to resign the Common Ground Compact, reaffirming the partnership ...
West Virginia Board of Education to Meet in Kanawha County – December 12, 2018
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Board of Education will meet to conduct routine business on Wednesday, December 12, 2018, at 10:00 a.m., in Capitol Building 6, Room 353 (Board Conference Room), 1900 Kanawha Boulevard, ...
secondlaunchWV Provides Technology to Schools While Saving the State Millions
November 14, 2018 CHARLESTON, W.Va. – It is technology recycling at its best. As part of the secondlaunchWV initiative, more than fourteen thousand digital items bound for state surplus have been rerouted to the ...
School Finance Committee Narrows Focus on Education Funding
November 9, 2018 CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The State Board of Education’s committee on school finance and funding outlined six areas of concern to report to the West Virginia Board of Education (WVBE) to consider to ...
Stakeholder Group to Discuss Discipline and Behavior
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – At a recent West Virginia Board of Education (WVBE) meeting, President Dave Perry requested a stakeholder group be formed to review student behavior and the means by which schools address discipline. The ...
Mentor Program Supports County Teacher Retention
October 15, 2018 Charleston, W.Va. – The West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) will provide Mentor Program sessions for more than 150 teachers this fall to assist counties as they support new teachers. Participants are ...
West Virginia Board of Education Adopts Four Policies
October 12, 2018 CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Board of Education (WVBE) adopted four policies during its monthly meeting this week. The meeting was held off-site in the media center of Petersburg High ...