EDUCATION

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It’s a cliché that Kymyona Burk heard a little too often: “Thank God for Mississippi.” As the state’s literacy director, she knew politicians in other states would say it when their reading test scores were down — because at least they weren’t ranked as low as Mississippi. Or Louisiana. Or Alabama.…

The Cardinal InstituteJanuary 23, 2026 West Virginia education spending has INCREASED by nearly 1 billion dollars since 2017, with taxpayers’ money. During that same time? Enrollment DROPPED by over 30,000 students. Over the past several years, the West Virginia Board of Education has launched a series of Special Circumstance Reviews, culminating in nine county-level interventions…

The Center SquareBy J.D. DavidsonJun 17, 2025 A former teacher turned lawmaker believes Ohio students need to learn character traits like honesty, loyalty, abstinence before marriage and patriotism to lead productive adult lives. Rep. Kevin Ritter, R-Marietta, says students are struggling because they lack good character, and lawmakers have a responsibility to ensure that education…