Saving Education:  The Real Choice We Have to Make

After March for our Lives, let’s talk about what is supposed to happen in schools: education.

What can be more important for the future of any country than the education of its children? But West Virginia cannot keep the teachers they have. The State ranks 48th in teachers’ pay by State, and the value of their health care coverage has been eroded by increasing premiums and deductibles. What to do? Take collective action.

GUN CONTROL/EDUCATION:  The Catastrophe of Guns in Schools

H.G. Wells once said, “Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.”  But I doubt that H.G. Wells could have conceived of the uniquely American catastrophe involving mass shootings in schools, and our response to them.