CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — A press briefing was held on Thursday where state officials revealed findings after looking into how the state could have possibly intervened before Kyneddi Miller, a ...
After the Republican-led Legislature rolled back homeschooling reporting requirements, state lawmakers could ask public schools to bolster how they check in on homeschool families who haven’t followed ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - State officials estimate 24,000 students are homeschooled in West Virginia, and there continues to be resistance in some families submitting a required assessment. The West ...
The investigation into the death of 14-year-old Kyneddi Miller revealed that although the Boone County child was homeschooled, her parents had not turned in her 8 th grade assessment as required.
Keeping track of West Virginia home school students through their regular, required academic assessments has been a focal point of public policy debate following the death of Kyneddi Miller, a 14-year ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Kyneddi Miller -- the 14-year-old, homeschool student who starved to death in Boone County -- had no traditional teacher to catch a potential problem, which led WSAZ to ask ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — Jackson County Schools plans to take parents to court if they fail to submit required homeschool assessments. The decision comes after the shocking death of a Boone County ...
It should take no time at all for a proposed bill by the West Virginia Association of School Administrators to find a sponsor. After all, state lawmakers have become acutely, sometimes tragically, ...
House Minority Whip Shawn Fluharty holds a photo of 8-year-old Raylee Browning, the namesake of a law meant to prevent children from being pulled out of public school during active CPS investigations ...
Only about a third of families homeschooling their children in West Virginia turned in the required assessments to show student progress, according to data from the state Department of Education.
Here’s a look at new education bills filed in the Alaska House and Senate.