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Nine Counties, One Pattern: When the State Steps In
In January 2026, the West Virginia Board of Education voted unanimously to take over Hancock County Schools. The superintendent was removed. The assistant superintendent was removed. A state-appointed...
The Hope Scholarship Shadow: 21,000 Fewer Students in Four Years
West Virginia's public schools lost 7,693 students this year, a 3.2% drop that ranks as the second-largest single-year loss in the state's recorded history. Only the pandemic year of 2020-21, when 8,9...