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DateArticle
February 2010George Edwards: Small Schools are Better
February 2010STATE TAKES OVER FAYETTE SCHOOL SYSTEM - “A Blow To The Democratic Process”
February 2010NATIONAL REPORT GIVES WV D+ - Cites Low Teacher Pay
January 2010Free Accessible and Assistive Technology Already on Your Computer (Windows XP and Windows Vista)
January 2010STATE EDUCATION OFFICIALS FUDGE GRADUATION RATES - State Study Says Community Schools Do Better
January 2010STATE RETURNS CONTROL TO MCDOWELL SCHOOL SYSTEM AFTER NINE YEARS
January 2010Governor Wise on NCLB anniversary
December 2009Fayette To Be Re-Audited, Paden High Hanging By Thread, State Take-Over Of Grant County Schools
December 2009Matt Edwards: Alternatives to school consolidation abound
December 2009Harrison schools use stimulus funds for high-tech
November 2009Governor Appoints Michael I. Green To State Board Of Education
November 2009NEW HACKER VALLEY SCHOOL OPENS - A Shining Community School
October 2009FAYETTE VOTERS SOUNDLY DEFEAT CONSOLIDATION EFFORT - “Fayette County Wants Community Schools”
October 2009MASSEY UNDER HAMMER TO HELP FINANCE NEW MARSH FORK SCHOOL
October 2009DEFEAT FAYETTE SCHOOL BOND
October 2009NATION’S REPORT CARD GIVES WV LOW MATH RATINGS
October 2009Race to Where?
October 2009Small Schools vs. Big Schools
September 2009BRAXTON SCHOOL’S DE-CONSOLIDATING - Fifth-Sixth Grades Returning To Elementary Schools
September 2009PADEN CITY COMMUNITY STANDING TOGETHER - Award Winning School Facing Closure
September 2009Shop at Kroger and Support Challenge West Virginia!
September 2009GRANT COUNTY SCHOOLS ON SHORT LEASH WITH STATE ED OFFICIALS
September 2009TEMPERS FLARE OVER FAYETTE CONSOLIDATION - Board Members Accused Of Lying, Battle Lines Drawn
September 2009KANAWHA COUNTY MOVING FORWARD ON CONSOLIDATION PLAN
September 2009WIRT COUNTY HIGH RECOGNIZED
September 2009PRESTON TAKEOVER HAS OPTIMISTIC SIDE - Parsons Will Not Throw Performing Schools Under The Bus
September 2009Help Challenge Continue Serving West Virginia’s Kids
September 2009Putnam Voters Approve School Bond
August 2009Our Challenge: To Set the Highest Possible National Standard — for Human Relationships
July 2009BIGGER IS BETTER MOVEMENT WILL DESTROY RURAL COMMUNITIES
July 2009MEZZATESTA CUTS A DEAL - Hampshire School Board Gives Concessions
July 2009School stimulus jobs in the works
July 2009Haden is new state board president
June 2009SECOND COAL SILO NOT FOR THE SAKE OF CHILDREN
June 2009TEMPERS FLARE AT MARSH FORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RALLY
June 2009SECOND COAL SILO WILL BE BUILT BESIDE RALEIGH SCHOOL - “We Just Plain Don’t Count”
June 2009It is too easy for school boards to leave children on buses for too long
June 2009Why consolidation of Buffalo High is not on the table
June 2009$56 million bond could save Buffalo High School
May 2009ONE-THIRD WV COLLEGE FRESHMEN NEED REMEDIAL HELP
May 2009STATE RETURNING CONTROL TO LINCOLN SCHOOLS WITH DUBIOUS RESULTS
May 2009NEW MINGO CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL BEING BID - Battle Lost By County Citizens
April 2009GOING GREEN
April 2009FAYETTE COUNTY CONSOLIDATION RAISES QUESTIONS
April 2009MEZZATESTA GETS HIS SCHOOL SYSTEM JOB BACK
April 2009SURELY THERE IS VALUE IN THE SMALL
March 2009SBA SEEMS ANGRY OVER TOMAN DISMISSAL - CUBE Group Critical Over Challenge Riding Into Town
March 2009CHALLENGE WV REACTS TO PRESTON TAKEOVER AND GILMER CONTROVERSY
March 2009POORER SMALLER DISTRICTS LOSE OUT IN STIMULUS
March 2009GILMER COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM “RIPE FOR STATE TAKE-OVER” - State Officials Angry Over Toman Firing
March 2009CHALLENGE WV MONITORING GILMER SCHOOL ISSUES
March 2009PRESTON SCHOOLS SEIZED BY STATE BOARD - State Of Emergency Declared
March 2009CONSOLIDATION ISSUE TRIGGERS GILMER SUPERINTENDENTS REMOVAL
March 2009SUPPORTERS OF GILMER SUPERINTENDENT DISRUPT MEETING
March 2009HEALTH RISKS STACK UP FOR STUDENTS NEAR INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
March 2009Bill to Limit School Size in New Mexico
March 2009TOTAL TITLE I FUNDING PER ELIGIBLE CHILD, 2008-09 SCHOOL YEAR
March 2009Give Every Child More than the Best Seat in the House (Chamber)
March 2009PROMISE SCHOLARSHIPS RECEIVE CAPS IN STATE SENATE
March 2009WEST VIRGINIA AT ROCK BOTTOM IN NATION’S WELL-BEING STUDY
February 2009Challenge Fellows Recognized For Exemplary Efforts
February 2009MULTI-COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WILL DESTROY COUNTY SYSTEMS
February 2009Board Members Caught In Middle Over Public Dialogue
February 2009MINGO STUDENTS FACING LONG BUS RIDES - Voter’s Show Disinterest In Levy
January 2009WV COULD SEE NEW SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION FROM STIMULUS PACKAGE
January 2009STATE OFFICIALS WANT TWO GILMER SCHOOLS INSPECTED - Rumors Flying Regarding Closure
January 2009Poorer WV Students Not Using Promise Scholarships
January 2009Preston Voters Defeat Construction Bond
January 2009Fayette BOE Votes To Consolidate Four High Schools
January 2009New Clay Consolidated School Has A Stink
January 2009Size Matters In Educational Outcomes
January 2009State Told Science-Math Curriculum Full Of Holes
January 2009Say Goodbye To Portables Within 10 Years
December 2008Michigan to Downsize Some Large High Schools
December 2008The Rural School and Community Trust offers info on Student Loan Forgiveness Options for Teachers and Schools
November 2008Controversy Continues Over Gilmer’s Community Schools
November 2008State Returning Control To Lincoln-McDowell?
November 2008Hacker Valley School Shines Brightly For Webster
October 2008West Virginia - “A Rich Place With Poor People”
October 2008Mingo School “Follow The Money” Deal, Sitting On Burning Mine, 80-Foot-Fill
October 2008U.S. Mayors Work for Greener Schools
October 2008Ohio Schools Increase Spending on Safety
October 2008SCIENCE AND MATH CONFUSING, UNFOCUSED, FULL OF HOLES
October 2008Calhoun Superintendent Lynch Resigns, Charleston Attorney Present
October 2008ILLITERATE GRAD SUES OVER LACK OF EDUCATION
October 2008Small Schools Research: The Hobbit Effect
October 2008KANAWHA SCHOOL BOARD VOTES TO DRUG TEST TEACHERS
October 2008New Research Validates Studies Showing Small Schools Reduce Power of Poverty on Achievement
October 2008West Virginia Statistics
September 2008The Fat Lady Has Not Sung, She’s Been Gagged
September 2008Darkness falls on Mingo County consolidation battle
September 2008Closing Costs
September 2008The SBA “Sees The Light” After Spending Millions And Millions
August 2008The Promise and the Power of Distance Learning in Rural Education
August 2008School Size Research
August 2008Slow Motion: Traveling by School Bus in Consolidated Districts in West Virginia
July 2008Saved From The Jaws Of Death, State BOE Reopens Fayette’s Nuttall School
July 2008WV Bond Sale Nets $103M For School Construction
July 2008Challenge making organizational changes
June 2008Challenge WV Helps Put Small Schools on National Agenda
June 2008Education Symposium
May 2008Mercer Consolidation Issue Reaches State Board