By WV Watchdog on January 29, 2013
By Amy Purpura | West Virginia Watchdog
Earlier this month, we ran an OPED written by Dr. Terry Wallace titled “Time for Increasing Student Performance” that has received recognition by the Time to Succeed Coalition. In the article, he mentions the need to increase quality time on task during instruction in order to increase student performance [...]
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By WV Watchdog on September 10, 2012
We’ve been away for a while with no new updates, but now expect to see more recent news stories being followed by WV Watchdog. I’ve been working with the Public Policy Foundation of West Virginia all summer as a researcher in the Charles G. Koch Summer Fellowship Program. As a graduate from WVU this past [...]
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By WV Watchdog on February 21, 2012
CHARLESTON — Change is always a necessary thing, though it’s rarely something that comes easy. In this case, I have the sad duty of saying goodbye and and the proud duty to introduce my successor.
I was hired by the Public Policy Foundation of West Virginia in April of 2009 to help mold a journalism and [...]
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By WV Watchdog on February 17, 2012
CHARLESTON — Steven Allen Adams, the managing editor for West Virginia Watchdog for the last 2 1/2 years was recently chosen as one of The State Journal’s Generation Next: Forty Under 40.
Steven Allen Adams has made a name for himself by keeping a close eye on the political players of West Virginia.
As editor-in-chief of West [...]
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By WV Watchdog on February 17, 2012
By Jason Stverak | For the Washington Examiner
WASHINGTON, D.C. — This past December, federal judge Marco Hernandez of Oregon issued a ruling in the libel trial of Obsidian Finance Group v. Cox that has dangerous First Amendment implications.
Hernandez ruled that blogger Crystal Cox was not entitled to the same protection under media shield laws that [...]
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