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  We’re excited to introduce today’s guest, Love Your School West Virginia’s new Executive Director, Buster Nicholson! Buster has worked in the public school system as a teacher and administrator. He had his own tutoring center, and he & his wife of 33 years homeschooled their children from 1998-2021.   In today’s episode, we dive […]

  Welcome to Part 2 of our conversation with Virginia Walden Ford. If you haven’t listened to Part 1, we’d like to encourage you to go back in listen to episode 46 before diving into this episode! Virginia Walden Ford is one of America’s leading advocates for parent empowerment. As a student, a mother, an

  Virginia Walden Ford is one of America’s leading advocates for parent empowerment. As a student, a mother, an advocate, and a grandmother, Virginia has spent her lifetime fighting to create new educational opportunities for children and families. Fueled by her passion for educational opportunity, Virginia Walden Ford has inspired families, filmmakers, and lawmakers to

  Kathie Hess Crouse serves as a member of the House of Delegates. She is a mom of 5, past president of West Virginia Home Educators, the first female athletic commissioner for the West Virginia Athletic Commission, and she currently runs the largest Facebook group for homeschoolers called The Unsocialized Homeschoolers of West Virginia. Kathie’s

  We recently had the pleasure of chatting with Bernie Dolan, executive director of the WVSSAC. The West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission (WVSSAC) is a private, voluntary, non-profit organization comprised of the principals or designees of West Virginia public and private secondary schools who have elected to delegate control, supervision, and regulations of their

  Today, on the show, we are joined by Meredith Olson from the VELA Education Fund. VELA Education Fund supports everyday entrepreneurs who are boldly reimagining education. The fund serves the largest community of out-of-system education entrepreneurs in the country. Meredith shares about how VELA was started, what they do, and the impact they are

  We have some new listeners around here, so we thought now would be a good time to talk about the HOPE Scholarship! The HOPE Scholarship is an ESA (Education Savings Account) for eligible students in West Virginia. In this episode, we will talk about what the scholarship is, eligibility requirements, the application process, resources,

  Welcome back to the We Have Hope Podcast! Thanks for tuning in for Season TWO! We hope you had a great summer and are settling nicely into the new school year. We have a great lineup for you this season, and we’re so excited to share these interviews with you! Each year is a

  Welcome to our Season 1 Recap! We have had an amazing first season with some truly inspiring guests. Thank you so much to each of our guests for coming on the podcast and sharing your stories. We’ve talked to educators, providers, an elected official, and parents on the show, and it was fascinating to

  Welcome back to We Have Hope! We have a special guest on the show with us today. Alden Kiertzner, founding principal of Pathways Early College Academy is here with us to share about their program. PECA is an online High School Academy partnered with Pathways College. Pathways College started with a mission to bring