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When Arne Duncan Brought His Snake Oil to Charleston
When Arne Duncan went to South Carolina, he probably expected to meet the usual compliant, uninformed business crowd. But Patrick Hayes of EdFirstSC was waiting to meet him, hear him, and ask...
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South Carolina: State Vouchers Allow Profits at Expense of Public Schools
There is more than one way to harm public education. Several states have passed legislation to allow tax credits for scholarships to private and religious schools. This reduces the money available to...
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Patrick Hayes: Who Cheated Teachers in Charleston, S.C., of the Salaries They...
Patrick Hayes, who teaches in Charleston, S.C., did extensive research on the salaries that were promised and the actual salaries that teachers receive. Although teachers were promised a raise, most...
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Stephen Colbert Does Something Wonderful
Stephen Colbert funded every request for aid by teachers in South Carolina. It is one of the poorest states in the nation. No competition. No race. No quid pro quo. No mandates. Help where it is...
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Good for Colbert, But Why Should Public Schools Rely on Charity?
As I reported earlier, Stephen Colbrrt generously funded the request of every teacher in South Carolina through an organization called Donors Choose. That was indeed laudable. But it is not so good...
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South Carolina: Republican Legislator Will Introduce Legislation to Remove...
It was always an insult to African-Americans to keep a Confederate flag flying over the South Carolina Capitol. They are citizens of the state; the Confederate flag is not their flag. Now, after the...
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The Poet Laureate of Columbia, South Carolina, Writes About the Charleston...
The poet laureate of Columbia, South Carolina, is Ed Madden. Does your city or town or village have a poet laureate? It should. Madden read this poem at a rally on Saturday. There is nothing like a...
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While Politicians Ponder, Bree Newsome Takes Down the Confederate Flag in SC
Politicians are lining up in agreement that the Confederate battle flag should be removed from the South Carolina Capitol grounds and placed in a musem. But doing so requires a supermajority vote of...
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South Carolina: How School Choice Leaves Behind the Poorest Students
The Post and Courier in South Carolina discovered that school choice leaves the neediest students behind. Its investigation of North Charleston High School describes the flight of the most able and...
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South Carolina Charter Leader Sentenced to Jail for Theft of $1.56 Million
The director of a charter school in Lee County, South Carolina, was sentenced to jail for 3 1/2 years after she was convicted of diverting $1.56 million to sham accounts. “A federal judge on Tuesday...
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South Carolina: A Northern Educator Looks Behind “Southern Hospitality”
After a career in education in Pennsylvania, Arnold Hillman and his wife Carol decided to move to Hilton Head, South Carolina, after their retirement. They spent 35 years advocating for children in...
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When Patrick Hayes Met Dr. Steve Perry in South Carolina, Bashing Teachers...
Over a number of decades, some fabulously wealthy right-wingers and the think tanks they support have determined to convince African-American families that privately managed charters and vouchers would...
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Paul Thomas: What South Carolina Needs Most is Opportunity, Not Accountability
Paul Thomas of Furman University spent 18 years as a teacher in South Carolina. He now prepares teachers and writes articles, posts, and books. He writes here about South Carolina’s reaction to the...
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Stephen Colbert Does Something Wonderful
Stephen Colbert funded every request for aid by teachers in South Carolina. It is one of the poorest states in the nation. No competition. No race. No quid pro quo. No mandates. Help where it is...
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Good for Colbert, But Why Should Public Schools Rely on Charity?
As I reported earlier, Stephen Colbrrt generously funded the request of every teacher in South Carolina through an organization called Donors Choose. That was indeed laudable. But it is not so good...
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The Poet Laureate of Columbia, South Carolina, Writes About the Charleston...
The poet laureate of Columbia, South Carolina, is Ed Madden. Does your city or town or village have a poet laureate? It should. Madden read this poem at a rally on Saturday. There is nothing like a...
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While Politicians Ponder, Bree Newsome Takes Down the Confederate Flag in SC
Politicians are lining up in agreement that the Confederate battle flag should be removed from the South Carolina Capitol grounds and placed in a musem. But doing so requires a supermajority vote of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
South Carolina: How School Choice Leaves Behind the Poorest Students
The Post and Courier in South Carolina discovered that school choice leaves the neediest students behind. Its investigation of North Charleston High School describes the flight of the most able and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
South Carolina Charter Leader Sentenced to Jail for Theft of $1.56 Million
The director of a charter school in Lee County, South Carolina, was sentenced to jail for 3 1/2 years after she was convicted of diverting $1.56 million to sham accounts. “A federal judge on Tuesday...
View ArticleClik here to view.
South Carolina: A Northern Educator Looks Behind “Southern Hospitality”
After a career in education in Pennsylvania, Arnold Hillman and his wife Carol decided to move to Hilton Head, South Carolina, after their retirement. They spent 35 years advocating for children in...
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