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just now (189+ words) CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WVVA) - The West Virginia Department of Education will welcome students from 12 schools to the State Capitol for the third annual Country Roads Codes Day on Monday, December 8th, 2025 at 10:30am in the Upper Rotunda. Students will showcase computer science and engineering projects to members of the West Virginia Legislature and the visiting public. Country Roads Codes is held each year during the West Virginia Legislature's December interim meetings. The event gives students a platform to share student-led robotics demonstrations, AI innovations and coding presentations with lawmakers and community members. We have designed this event to allow students to engage with our state leaders and share how they apply classroom learning in practical ways. The event is presented in partnership with West Virginia University's CodeWV initiative. Participating schools support the next generation of digital creators through computer science and AI learning…...

1+ min ago (1497+ words) Calling all student storytellers: NPR's Student Podcast Challenge is back for 2026. As always, we're looking to award prizes to the best middle school and high school podcasts in America " but we have an additional special prize this year: To mark the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, send us podcasts that explore what the phrase, "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" means to you. For this special challenge, our judges will be listening for stories that look back at historical events, take us to historic places, or that explore what it means to be an American. Stories of innovation, of rights and protest, arts and culture, civic engagement and governance, or personal narratives or beliefs. In other words, the full range of the American experience. Just to be clear, though: The Student Podcast Challenge is still open…...

2+ min ago (707+ words) ONTARIO "Ontario Local Schools could receive $19 million in state funds to bring its buildings up to date. But that funding depends on voters approving local tax dollars to generate an additional $41 million for the upgrades. Ontario Local Schools is eligible for $19 million from the Ohio Facilities Construction Commission, an agency that (among other things) manages state funds for construction and renovation of public K-12 schools. The OFCC determines which schools are eligible for funding and how much, based on their enrollment and condition of their existing facilities. A small group of residents met Wednesday night in the Ontario High School library to discuss potential renovations with Ontario school officials and representatives from Garmann Miller, an architecture design firm. They said that in order for Ontario to access its $19 million from the OFCC, it must do two things: commit to the repairs…...

7+ min ago (522+ words) From the election of Zohran Mamdani to the intrigue surrounding the jewel heist at the Louvre, keeping up with this year's news also left some Americans struggling with pronunciations. That's put both the name of New York City's incoming mayor and the famed Paris museum on a list of the most mispronounced words in 2025. The language-learning company Babbel and closed-captioning company The Captioning Group on Thursday released a list of the words that news anchors, politicians and other public figures in the U.S. struggled with the most this year, giving an overview of the people and topics that had Americans talking. As Mamdani made his political rise, the democratic socialist's name often was mangled. When he takes office in January, the 34-year-old will become the city's first Muslim mayor, first born in Africa and first of South Asian heritage. Babbel said…...

7+ min ago (522+ words) From the election of Zohran Mamdani to the intrigue surrounding the jewel heist at the Louvre, keeping up with this year's news also left some Americans struggling with pronunciations. That's put both the name of New York City's incoming mayor and the famed Paris museum on a list of the most mispronounced words in 2025. The language-learning company Babbel and closed-captioning company The Captioning Group on Thursday released a list of the words that news anchors, politicians and other public figures in the U.S. struggled with the most this year, giving an overview of the people and topics that had Americans talking. As Mamdani made his political rise, the democratic socialist's name often was mangled. When he takes office in January, the 34-year-old will become the city's first Muslim mayor, first born in Africa and first of South Asian heritage. Babbel said…...

11+ min ago (683+ words) By'Alvin Buyinza, Word in Black Not gonna lie: writing about how Black children navigate the K-12 education system, and the obstacles they face, can be depressing. The list of headwinds Black grade-school students must have to overcome to earn a high school diploma seems never-ending. And that's without talking about President Donald Trump's plan to dismantle the Department of Education." Yet there are some bright spots for Black public schoolchildren, even in a system that seems disinterested in their success, if not dedicated to their miseducation. So I'd like to give a toast to the five things that Black students can be grateful for in 2025.' In a profession that's overwhelmingly female and largely white, Black men make up around 1% of the teaching workforce. But research shows they can have an outsized impact on the development of young Black boys " reducing discipline…...

13+ min ago (173+ words) Winter weather across Oklahoma is prompting school closures across the state on Thursday. A full list of closures can be found here. In far western Oklahoma, Erick Public Schools said buses would be delayed by one hour. Colleges like Langston University, the main and Oklahoma City campuses, OSU OKC and Rose State College, will open at 10 a.m. Oklahoma City Community College will open at 11 a.m. Macomb Public Schools announced it will open at 10 a.m. Bray-Doyle Public Schools will open at 10:05 a.m. Norman Public Schools says it will be business as usual for students after the district evaluated neighborhoods, parking lots and sidewalks. While classes are still going on as scheduled, families were asked to use extra caution and bundle up. OU'S Norman Campus will conduct normal operations. Supervisors and instructors were encouraged to show flexibility with employees and students as appropriate. Students, faculty, and…...

13+ min ago (182+ words) For as long as humans have roamed the earth, we've made art. starting with simple cave drawings, we eventually began to create sprawling masterpieces and intricate works that would define who we are as a species. Art is meant to disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed, Cesar A. Cruz once said, so should schools attempt to challenge their students, or keep them in their comfortability? Unfortunately for Gates, several works on this website are sexually explicit, showing genitalia and sexual acts. This, in turn, infuriated the parents, who saw this as a teacher exposing their students to pornography. The major issue in this case is a lack of communication. Much of Haring's artwork is more than acceptable for children, to the point where the website students were directed to has a designated "Kids" section to view appropriate art. Unfortunately, Grant…...

20+ min ago (42+ words) The Washington State Broadband Office has a new director, Jordan Arnold, who previously served as a senior policy adviser on broadband within the Biden administration. She will start in January. IE 11 Not Supported New Washington State Broadband Leader Has Federal Experience...

25+ min ago (113+ words) The Community Foundation DeKalb County has established a new scholarship fund aimed at supporting local students pursuing a nursing degree. DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WPTA) - The Community Foundation DeKalb County has established a new scholarship fund aimed at supporting local students pursuing a nursing degree. The Whittney J. Pfefferkorn Memorial Scholarship Fund was created by Nathan and Alecia Pfefferkorn to honor their daughter Whittney, who died while working towards a nursing degree. "With heartfelt gratitude, we thank the community for supporting this scholarship and ensuring Whittney's memory continues to inspire and uplift others." The memorial fund will award scholarships to Eastside and Hamilton High School seniors with plans to pursue a nursing degree....