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2014 Common Core Legislation Round-Up (12th Update)
Here’s the latest round of Common Core legislation that has been filed. There’s too many to do individual articles so I wanted to get caught up and mention them in one article. As a recap I’ll also...
View ArticleSouth Carolina Rejects Next Generation Science Standards
The South Carolina Department of Education sent this press release out yesterday: Columbia, SC – Today, Dr. Mick Zais, State Superintendent of Education, announced that South Carolina has rejected the...
View ArticlePolitical Games Being Played with South Carolina Common Core Withdrawl
We are having déjà vu in South Carolina. It looks like the pro-Common Core Education Oversight Committee is rushing the rewrite claiming they don’t have enough time to do a total rewrite. From The...
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Common Core Tweaked, Not Dead, in South Carolina
Common Core was declared dead by WLTX 19, a local CBS affiliate in South Carolina, earlier this week. The South Carolina Board of Education voted unanimously Wednesday afternoon to replace the Common...
View ArticleSouth Carolina Special Ed Teacher Punished for Protecting Students
Tracie Happel was a special education teacher in the Oconee County School District in South Carolina until she protested her students having to take a standardized test by sending a letter to school...
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Zais Appointed as Deputy Secretary of Education
Photo credit: Milken Family Foundation Former South Carolina Superintendent of Education Mick Zais was appointed by President Donald Trump as Deputy Secretary of Education. The White House announcement...
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SC Voters Will Decide Between an Elected or Appointed State School Chief
Molly Spearman could be South Carolina’s last elected State Superintendent of Education. Last week the South Carolina Senate passed H. 3126 that would allow voters to decide whether they want to amend...
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