A group of private schools is suing South Carolina, saying the racist past of a state constitutional amendment prohibiting spending public money on religious or private schools means it should be overturned.
Georgia is due for $1.57 billion of the $39 billion in American Rescue Plan funds released to states, territories and tribes to address child care issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster announced a $10.5 million dollar investment in the state’s public charter schools and workforce development efforts through the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief fund.
Aiken Technical College will have its 2021 commencement ceremony May 4, with a keynote speech by Keyatta Priester, community development manager for Aiken Electric Cooperative.
The South Carolina House has passed a proposal to require all schools in the state to offer in-person classes five days a week starting the last week in April.
The U.S. Coast Guard says it suspended the search for a missing man on the Savannah River at approximately 8:45 p.m. Sunday pending further information.
South Carolina lawmakers passed a bill Tuesday allowing people without teacher certifications to teach in schools if there is a vacancy five days before the start of the year.
Nicole Monique Charleswell, 27, of Aiken, was charged late last month with striking a juvenile student in the stomach while working at South Aiken Baptist Day Care in February.
Lee Elder, the first African American man to compete at the most prestigious golf tournament, will be honored with a reception Tuesday at historically Black Paine College in Augusta.
Molly Spearman: “We would certainly strongly encourage, just as we do with any vaccine, that families take that precaution for the children into school. But, I don’t see it being required.”
A Greenbrier High School student was taken to juvenile court after a threatening message was found written on a classroom desk, according to authorities.
South Carolina state Superintendent Molly Spearman requested to waive end-of-year testing for students, but the U.S. Department of Education denied it.
East Georgia State College is making plans to resume classes in the fall semester of 2021 offering the complete campus experience including on-campus housing.
Georgia’s state Board of Education has approved a plan to pay $1,000 bonuses to teachers and most other education employees, using $240 million in federal coronavirus relief money.
Each year, in communities across the country, dynamic and passionate students engage in a spirited fundraising competition to raise critical funds for blood cancer research.
