A bill that would guarantee paid parental leave for public school teachers in South Carolina when they welcome a new child via birth, adoption or fostering will soon be on the governor’s desk.
Pickens County School board removed “Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You” from all county school’s last fall. Last month, a lawsuit was filed by the ACLU of South Carolina and NAACP saying it’s “unconstitutional”. And the book is “developmentally appropriate” as a high school resource.
South Carolina’s new superintendent of education has put the brakes on a plan to return control of the Williamsburg County School District to the county’s school board.
St. James High School alumnus, Bruce Thompson, said the school’s theater director, Mrs. Howard, suffered life threatening heath issues and had to step away from directing their spring musical this year.
A teacher was fired after school officials learned about the inappropriate items and unapproved content distributed to 10th students in class, according to Spartanburg School District 6.
As South Carolina tries to get more teachers in the classroom, the state is looking not just toward college graduates but also at people who have work experience outside the classroom.
The South Carolina House on Wednesday unanimously approved a bill allowing teachers or other school district staff up to six weeks of paid leave when they give birth or adopt a child.
Before South Carolina’s legislative session ends next month and lawmakers leave Columbia for the rest of the year, Republicans have a big goal for education: to enact a school voucher program.
Some state lawmakers are looking to put more safeguards in place to ensure South Carolina’s public charter schools are held accountable to serve their students.
Whether kids are in school or even inside the school bus, the Public Schools of Robeson County are focusing on adding more security for the next school year.
For most high school students school isn’t always top of mind, but for Horry County gifted high students Jadlyn Bland and John Sumter the classroom is where they excel.
The Scotland County Board of Education voted unanimously to “invoke the unilateral termination clause” in the contract of Superintendent Dr. Takeda LeGrand.
CCU President Michael T. Benson said the meeting in Columbia was an opportunity to visit the University’s largest supporter: the South Carolina General Assembly.