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Universities spent big on travel

COLUMBIA -- A travel report released Friday shows South Carolina's research universities spent the most on trips among 110 state agencies, but college ...

Creating safer schools

It's a nightmare for parents: Someone is hurting their autistic child, but the child doesn't have the skills to say so. "Parents have

School board discusses creating literacy policy

Charleston County School Board members took another step Monday toward making literacy the district's top priority and creating a policy to back that

District targets struggling 6th-grade readers

North Charleston schools enroll the highest percentage of students who can't read well, and in a year when literacy is the Charleston County

Pre-kindergarten programs focusing on literacy

More than half of this year's third-graders in more than half of the district's elementary schools read at a first-grade level or worse.

Freshmen show improved reading

Lowcountry students who began their freshman year this fall improved their reading skills during eighth grade, but about one out of every six

3 former Head Start workers indicted

A federal grand jury has indicted the former head of the now-defunct agency that oversaw the local Head Start program and two ex-employees

Teachers, parents, principal work together to achieve success

MONCKS CORNER — St. Stephen Elementary School fifth-grader Javaris Jenkins credits "my family, my teachers and my principal" with helping him transform from a school bus bully to a first-time honor roll student this year. That combination of influence has been benefiting a lot of students lately

GOP senator, education official clash over tests

HARRISBURG -- It was a face-off worthy of a championship hockey game. State Sen. Jane Orie glared intently at state Education Secretary Gerald Zahorchak yesterday as they clashed over Gov. Ed Rendell's ambitious plan to create new tests for high school students called Graduation Competency Assessments.

Colleges ban illegal immigrants

The South Carolina Illegal Immigration Reform Act became law in June and, among other measures, banned illegal immigrants from attending colleges and universities that receive state money.