Education system is not serving students

By MOVCAC | 12/05/2019

December 1, 2019Jim Mullen The Wood County Board of Education declared the recent closings of county schools were necessary to compensate for the reduced money from the state. Additionally, they announced that more schools might suffer the same heavy-handed cleaver next year. The state’s formula for funding education in West Virginia is based on enrollment,…

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Don’t Fall Into The “Brilliant” Trap

By MOVCAC | 09/23/2019

What it took to get an 8th grade education in 1895… Remember when grandparents and great-grandparents stated that they only had an 8th grade education? Well, check this out. Could any of us have passed the 8th grade in 1895? This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina , Kansas , USA ..…

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Ohio’s nuke and coal subsidies will likely be challenged at the ballot

By MOVCAC | 07/27/2019

Utility DiveJohn Funk Dive Brief: A coalition of independent energy companies and environmental groups is working to mount a referendum petition to put the question of customer-paid subsides for coal and nuclear plants before the voters.   A referendum campaign mounted within the next 90 days would prevent Ohio HB 6 from becoming law until the…

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