AI and humanoids have no place in West Virginia’s schools

By: Daniel Coffield

Outlets: West Virginia Watch

Published: April 3, 2026

Words: 788

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago


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West Virginia’s public schools are undoubtedly in trouble. In 2024, 42% of Grade 8 students in West Virginia received standardized test scores below the National Assessment of Educational Progress Basic level.

Terms like NAEP Basic, Proficient and Advanced only serve to obscure the severity of the problem. Let’s look under the hood. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, when a Grade 8 student reaches an NAEP Basic level in mathematics, …

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