Five years ago, Brooke Clark would have never believed that she would make the Dean’s List. In fact, Clark had always felt guilty that she had not finished college. After graduating high school in 2013, Clark was taking care of her ill father, working full-time, and attending a new college […]
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Robert Mitchell gets up while it’s still dark. Since the pandemic began last March, Mitchell, who has taught in the Pittsburgh city school system for 26 years, rises early to make sure his digital classroom is set up for the day. Between lesson planning – which includes some off-screen Spanish […]
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Defending plans to reopen schools at the deadliest, most infectious period of this pandemic yet, some officials have invoked the right to education in their state constitutions. A West Virginia Department of Education spokesperson recently remarked that the inequities of remote learning are “a derogation of the right to a […]
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Advocates of unconventional natural gas drilling cite the potential for benefits for surrounding communities. In Pennsylvania, researchers found that the financial impact on the mostly rural school systems where fracking occurred was negative. Unconventional natural gas development has transformed American energy over the past decade. Hydraulic fracturing, often popularly referred to […]
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West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, facing a competitive Republican primary in 2020, recently introduced an ad touting his accomplishments in office, including a focus on K-12 education. The ad, released in a Dec. 4 tweet, features several West Virginians reading off a series of scripted accomplishments from Justice’s tenure. One of […]
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Appalachia is, and has been for decades, lagging behind the rest of the nation in a number of health outcomes. The region struggles with heart disease, diabetes, cancer and much more. But new research on the rate at which Appalachians are dying has health officials calling for more investments in […]
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