Teacher Recruitment Changes Lives. It Did Mine.

A modern program to recruit and retain teachers in West Virginia reminds me of programs that made my parents teachers, and determained my life long before I was even born Let’s talk about teachers on this episode of Heard Tell, specifically how a program covered by Amelia Knisely in WV Watch reminds me of the programs that allowed my parents to not only go to college, but make educating West Virginians an entire lifetime that had far-reaching effects on who I became. Amelia Knisely’s piece can be read here: https://westvirginiawatch.com/2026/09... https://heardtell.substack.com/p/teac...