South Carolina

News, analysis, and opinion about K-12 education in South Carolina
Education Public Polled on Carnegie Study
HILTON HEAD, S.C.--The overwhelming majority of corporate leaders, as well as the American public in general, agree that improving public education would make a major difference in the United States' ability to compete in the world marketplace, according to results of a poll released here by the Carnegie Forum on Education and the Economy.
Lynn Olson, May 11, 2017
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States State of the States: Colo., Ind., N.M., S.C., Va.
Here are summaries of recent annual addresses by governors around the country.
January 24, 2017
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School Climate & Safety Justice Department on S.C. Suit: Broad Laws Fuel 'School-to-Prison Pipeline'
Vague state statutes that are subjectively used to arrest students contribute to the "school-to-prison pipeline," the Justice Department argued in a court case filed by South Carolina students that challenges two state statutes.
Evie Blad, November 30, 2016
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Budget & Finance Feds Will Release $51 Million to S.C. After Settlement of Special Education Dispute
The dispute began in 2011, when the U.S. Department of Education threatened to withhold in future years more than $112 million from South Carolina.
Daarel Burnette II, August 27, 2016
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Education S.C. Settles Special Education Funding Dispute with Feds
South Carolina violated federal maintenance of financial support requirements, which ban states from decreasing the amount they set aside for students with disabilities from one year to the next.
Daarel Burnette II, August 26, 2016
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Now shuttered, this portion of J.V. Martin Middle School in Dillon, S.C., dates to 1896 and was still in use when then-U.S. Sen. Barack Obama visited in 2007 during his presidential campaign.
Now shuttered, this portion of J.V. Martin Middle School in Dillon, S.C., dates to 1896 and was still in use when then-U.S. Sen. Barack Obama visited in 2007 during his presidential campaign.
Alan Richard/Hechinger Report
Education Funding After Obama Spotlight, a Rural District Saw Progress, More Challenges
In a small town the president promised to help 8 years ago, here's what changed, and what didn't.
Alan Richard & The Hechinger Report, August 17, 2016
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School Climate & Safety ACLU, Arrested Students Sue Over South Carolina's 'Disturbing Schools' Law
A group of students who've been charged under South Carolina's "disturbing a school" law filed a lawsuit with backing from the American Civil Liberties Union, arguing that the law is overly broad and leads to unnecessarily harsh discipline in the state's public schools.
Evie Blad, August 11, 2016
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Equity & Diversity South Carolina Moves to Limit Role of School Police After Violent Student Arrest
The policies come at the recommendation of a state task force assembled after a video of a violent arrest of a teen girl drew widespread criticism on the internet last year.
Evie Blad, August 9, 2016
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Education Funding Rural Districts Criticize S.C. Legislature's Plan for Schools
The court-ordered plan fails to provide ways to improve rural schools, according to rural districts.
Jackie Mader, July 27, 2016
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Federal Video Why South Carolina Schools Chief Molly Spearman Backs Donald Trump
GOP nominee Donald Trump will return more control over K-12 to school districts and states, said South Carolina Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on Wednesday, July 20, 2016.
July 21, 2016
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Equity & Diversity Why One State Schools Chief Backs Donald Trump, Despite Her Concerns
Molly Spearman, South Carolina's superintendent, thinks the Republican presidential nominee is likely to be a big backer of local control, though Trump has said little about education so far.
Andrew Ujifusa, July 20, 2016
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Education Funding Help for Rural S.C. Schools Likely Delayed Another Year
Legislation to provide funds to poor and rural school districts will likely die in the legislative session this year.
Jackie Mader, May 26, 2016
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Gov. Nikki Haley focused heavily on education in her annual address to lawmakers at the statehouse in Columbia on Jan. 20. She proposed a statewide review of school facilities and efforts to recruit teachers for rural districts.
Gov. Nikki Haley focused heavily on education in her annual address to lawmakers at the statehouse in Columbia on Jan. 20. She proposed a statewide review of school facilities and efforts to recruit teachers for rural districts.
Sean Rayford/AP
States States of the States: Calif., Colo., Mich., Neb., N.M., S.C., Wis.
Here are summaries of recent annual addresses by governors around the country.
January 26, 2016
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A series of screen grabs from video taken by a Spring Valley High School student last year shows Ben Fields, a sheriff’s deputy, forcibly removing a student from her desk after she refused to leave her high school math class in Columbia, S.C. Fields was fired, the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating, and the incident has sparked an effort in South Carolina to change a state law that can lead to students being arrested for behavior that is not considered a crime off school grounds.
A series of screen grabs from video taken by a Spring Valley High School student last year shows Ben Fields, a sheriff’s deputy, forcibly removing a student from her desk after she refused to leave her high school math class in Columbia, S.C. Fields was fired, the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating, and the incident has sparked an effort in South Carolina to change a state law that can lead to students being arrested for behavior that is not considered a crime off school grounds.
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School Climate & Safety State Laws That Can Lead to School Arrests Targeted for Change
After the violent arrest of an uncooperative South Carolina student, advocates want changes to statutes they say allow students to be arrested for offenses that may not be a crime off school grounds.
Evie Blad, January 26, 2016
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