Richard Duncan

@illinoistech alum x3. @marshallu alum x1. 🥇🐴👟 Principal / Chief Code Miner, Cinderella Code Company. R/T, Likes are my own, not endorsements.

[Richard Duncan @RDRocketDoctor]

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[Richard Duncan @RDRocketDoctor]

Proud husband moment.

Local schools are important. Our system needs to change. Students need to be the focus.

Improving all of the above doesn’t require a separate system of school choices but more local accountability and opportunity.

(Also 👋@AmandaBarren!)

[Richard Duncan @RDRocketDoctor]

@crispyfrychick @RepRileyMoore Yes. Public vocational school serving 3 WV counties.

[Richard Duncan @RDRocketDoctor]

@Lisa_Asillie The state pays almost nothing for school sports. It’s all local property taxes, fundraising, and sponsorships.

[The Principal’s Office @educator4ever36]

I think classroom decoration has gone way too far. If I were a student in these rooms, I’d never be able to learn. Should there be guidelines as far as classroom decor goes?

[Richard Duncan @RDRocketDoctor]

@four4thefire As one who worked in district offices for 13 years, I emphatically say we need smaller district offices.

We also need to decide if schools are going to make up for poor social services or are we going to make those agencies better. Some “non-teachers” are social supports.

[Richard Duncan @RDRocketDoctor]

@TJMeadows304 @WV_Watch @ameliaknisely Had some of this conversation with @HoppyKercheval in Nov 2024. We can reorganize but in a way that doesn’t marginalize the small communities that make up WV. Other states have more and even smaller districts to make important local decisions but regionalize common services.

[Amelia Knisely @ameliaknisely]

A coalition of families, educators and community members has called for an immediate pause on school closures in WV so lawmakers have time to address the state’s antiquated school funding formula. 19 schools likely face closure this year.
https://t.co/elsvAwXwpj

[Richard Duncan @RDRocketDoctor]

@SpaceshipAddict I’ve read the excuse that the D wouldn’t have translated well to movie formatting and action-driven space scenes, but the “All Good Things” future D (and now what we’ve seen in PIC) really should have put that excuse to bed before it even got up.

[Three Year Letterman @3YearLetterman]

Literally the only answer to this is in modern times is West Virginia losing 13-9 to Pitt in the last regular season game of 2007

That was the one shot they were ever going to get at a national championship and they pissed it away against a 4 TD underdog who was their arch rival

The Kick 6 is a stupid nomination. Alabama had won 3 of 4 national titles and was clearly going to win more. It sucked but it didn’t alter the trajectory of the program

But the 2007 Backyard Brawl was IT for West Virginia

[Richard Duncan @RDRocketDoctor]

@stevenadamswv @BradMcElhinny

[Richard Duncan @RDRocketDoctor]

Once in high school, I spoke briefly with Gov. @BobWise48. I was heading to @illinoistech for aerospace. He wished I would stay in WV but I was unsure of the opportunities here.

Today, my school is piloting a program with @marshallu that will bring aerospace to all WV students.

[Tristan Leavitt @leavittforwv]

It was wonderful to be at the @marshallu Bill Noe Flight School at @flycrw today for the announcement that Marshall is partnering with @WVEducation to create AIRWV, a program to help kids from K-12 learn about flight and engineering careers. Starting in Kanawha, Logan, Barbour, Jackson and Clay Counties next year, students can finish high school on a clear path to becoming pilots, aerospace engineers, maintenance technicians, or airport operations staff.

We need way more programs like this giving our next generation the skills they need to jump straight into the workforce at graduation!

[Richard Duncan @RDRocketDoctor]

Everything else in the state policy discussion is academic. If it doesn’t add population, it’s not going to move the needle.

[Hoppy Kercheval @HoppyKercheval]

This week's commentary: We need more West Virginians. https://t.co/V4hPZMHg3t

[Neetu Arnold @neetu_arnold]

University of California STEM professors want standardized tests back due to severe math deficiencies among students:

“We now observe preparation gaps so severe that instructors must reteach middle school mathematics”

“The current admissions metric, based primarily on GPA & essays, can no longer reliably distinguish readiness for university-level STEM majors in an era of severe grade inflation & AI assisted application essays”

[Governor Patrick Morrisey @wvgovernor]

Governor Morrisey celebrated the opening of the new Elk River Trail Visitors Center at the Dundon Trailhead in Clay County. The event also highlighted an expansion of the trail and its official designation as a Mountaineer Mile.

Read more from @WSAZnews https://t.co/snRkrs7tyO

[Patrick Morrisey @MorriseyWV]

The Elk River Trail is just one of the many great wonders of our state.

West Virginia has to prepare and invest, not just for tomorrow, but the next 25 years.

Quality of life is one key part of that.

[Richard Duncan @RDRocketDoctor]

@wvu999 @HuffmanJE Which of course brings up the real problem in WV ——

Population loss.

Everything else is academic, which I love discussing because I’m a nerd. But to save the state, we need more people in all 55. Nothing else matters.

[Richard Duncan @RDRocketDoctor]

@wvu999 @HuffmanJE Congress allocates funds to each state, who in turn allocate to districts. In WV, our ESEA plan allocates various federal funds using student enrollment, poverty levels, accountability measures, etc. Fewer students usually means fewer $ for one district but more for another.