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 ...
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.
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 ...
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. (WCHS) — New data released by the West Virginia Department of Education show that only one-third of West Virginia families who homeschool their children turned in the required ...
West Virginia State Superintendent of Schools Michele Blatt speaks during a media briefing on June 6, 2024, at the West Virginia Capitol in Charleston, W.Va. (Office of the Gov. Jim Justice | Courtesy ...
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 ...
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 ...
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Several Tri-state homeschooling parents believe the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp. has "overstepped their boundaries" by approving a revised assessment policy that directly ...