South Carolina

News, analysis, and opinion about K-12 education in South Carolina
Teaching Profession A RedForEd Wave: Teachers in North and South Carolina Leave Classrooms in Protest
A sea of red swept the capitals of North and South Carolina on Wednesday, as thousands of teachers turned out to demand higher pay and more school funding.
Madeline Will, May 1, 2019
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4 min read
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Every Student Succeeds Act States Hunt for Evidence to Underpin School Turnaround Efforts
It's not enough to come up with a plan to fix the worst-performing schools, the strategy must show it has a chance of working to satisfy the Every Student Succeeds Act.
Alyson Klein, April 2, 2019
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9 min read
Protesters turn out against a bill in the West Virginia legislature that would have bundled teacher pay raises in a bill that would also expand charters and other elements unpalatable to many teachers in the state.
Protesters turn out against a bill in the West Virginia legislature that would have bundled teacher pay raises in a bill that would also expand charters and other elements unpalatable to many teachers in the state.
Craig Hudson/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP
Teaching Profession Teachers Asked to Swallow Concessions to Get Pay Hikes
Politicians in some states are using the push for higher teacher pay as a way to press other demands, such as expanding charter schools and vouchers, and tying teacher pay to test scores.
Daarel Burnette II, February 25, 2019
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8 min read
Students in Johnston, S.C., walk past a portrait of the late Strom Thurmond, their school’s namesake and long-time U.S. senator who prominently opposed school integration. After black families decades ago fought to shed Thurmond’s name, a state law passed to make the name permanent.
Students in Johnston, S.C., walk past a portrait of the late Strom Thurmond, their school’s namesake and long-time U.S. senator who prominently opposed school integration. After black families decades ago fought to shed Thurmond’s name, a state law passed to make the name permanent.
Gerry Melendez for Education Week
School & District Management School Named for Strom Thurmond Provokes Strong Feelings of Pride and Prejudice
In the South Carolina high school named for the state's best-known senator and segregationist, a majority of students are African-American.
Corey Mitchell, January 23, 2019
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7 min read
Assemblyman Tony Thurmond, a candidate for California's Superintendent of Public Instruction, appears at a candidates debate in Sacramento.
Assemblyman Tony Thurmond, a candidate for California's Superintendent of Public Instruction, appears at a candidates debate in Sacramento.
Rich Pedroncelli/AP
Federal State Schools Chiefs: Who's Elected, Who's Not, and Races to Watch This Year
More than half of the 13 elected state superintendent spots are up for grabs this year, even as South Carolina voters weigh making the job an appointed one.
Daarel Burnette II, October 8, 2018
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7 min read
Members of the U.S. Geological Survey set up gauges to measure flood water from Little River in Spring Lake, N.C.
Members of the U.S. Geological Survey set up gauges to measure flood water from Little River in Spring Lake, N.C.
Andrew Craft/The Fayetteville Observer via AP
School Climate & Safety Superintendents Confront Grueling Job of Re-Opening Schools in Florence's Path
Fixing shattered windows, flooded classrooms, and caved-in roofs while not losing sight of Hurricane Florence’s steep human toll is a major challenge for superintendents and other school leaders in North and South Carolina communities hit hard by the storm.
Denisa R. Superville, September 18, 2018
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7 min read
Recruitment & Retention Will 3,000 Teachers in South Carolina Soon Retire Because of a Policy Change?
A program that lets retired teachers keep working while collecting retirement benefits is set to expire at the end of the month.
Madeline Will, June 22, 2018
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2 min read
Education Betsy DeVos OKs ESSA Plans for South Carolina and Virginia
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has greenlighted two more Every Student Succeeds Act plans from Virginia and South Carolina. That brings the grand total of states with approved plans to 39, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
Alyson Klein, May 3, 2018
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1 min read
Recruitment & Retention South Carolina Spends $500,000 on Ad Campaign to Recruit New Teachers
Facing a teacher shortage, South Carolina's department of education buys a half-million-dollars worth of TV and Internet ads to attract new teachers to the profession. Will it work?
Brenda Iasevoli, April 17, 2018
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4 min read
School & District Management South Carolina Earns a C-Minus on State Report Card, Ranks 42nd in Nation
This Quality Counts 2018 Highlights Report captures all the data you need to assess your state's performance on key educational outcomes.
January 17, 2018
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3 min read
Education S.C. Supreme Court Ends Funding Oversight of 'Corridor of Shame'
The state's supreme court ruled that it is not its role to tell the legislature how to spend its money, ending a 24-year school-funding battle.
Daarel Burnette II, November 22, 2017
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1 min read
Social Studies Opinion Becoming Ethical: When Service Is More Than a Project
Providing community service to residents of Houston after a "hard rain" helped students in a South Carolina school become citizens as well as scholars.
Contributing Blogger, October 4, 2017
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6 min read
Equity & Diversity Opinion Should 5th Graders Be Studying the KKK?
Will difficult student conversations go awry and get muddled? All the time. But that's the precise reason why we ought to be holding them now, with our young citizens. One of the central purposes of public education is developing core understandings of democracy and hey---no time like the present for that.
Nancy Flanagan, September 23, 2017
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2 min read
College & Workforce Readiness Will It Fly? South Carolina High Schools to Launch Aerospace Curriculum
This fall, five South Carolina high schools will offer an aerospace curriculum to develop the next generation of aviation technology talent in a state where officials say the industry is thriving.
Brenda Iasevoli, June 28, 2017
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3 min read
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