South Carolina Education Receives Mid-Range Marks in Trade Review
Education Week ranking shows South Carolina in the middle of the pack with grades including B for equity in spending per student and C grades for ability to raise student achievement and adequate resources. Regulatio ns by the State Board of Education could have lifted the D grade for teaching standards, while lawmakers face concerns about tying increased state spending to teacher salaries.
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South Carolina
Education Week
Education Department
Jim Foster
State Board of Education
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Carolina
Craig Jerald
Quality Counts
Condon push for debate on video gambling faces industry refusals
GOP prosecutor Charlie Condon urged a public debate on video gambling but industry leaders led by Fred Collins and Dick Harpootlian dismissed the idea. Condon says court outcomes show public argument is unnecessary while opponents cite legal questions and industry unity. Landers notes Gray could hold a news conference if no defenders attend.
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Dick Harpootlian
Charlie Condon
Collins
Landers
South Carolina
Education chief pushes school accountability bill in S Carolina
State Education Superintendent Barbara Nielsen urged lawmakers to revive a school accountability bill tied to the PASS Commission. The measure stalled in a House subcommittee two years ago amid criticism of its punitive provisions. The 1997 effort’s revival follows a Beasley report and bills in both chambers with leaders signaling passage this year. Nielsen notes South Carolina lacks official urban areas yet argues reduced class size and aid to poor and minority students could aid inner cities as well as rural districts.
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Barbara Nielsen
House
David Beasley
Senate
Education Week
Nielsen
South Carolina
Death penalty sought in trooper slaying case in Pennsylvania links
Prosecutor requests the death penalty if Bayan Aleksey is convicted of murder in the New Year’s Eve shooting of state trooper Frankie Lingard along Interstate 95 in Orangeburg. Aleksey and Gloryvee Blackwell face murder charges. bond denied for Aleksey amid flight risk concerns and taped confession.
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Pennsylvania
Thomas Hughston Jr
Bayan R. Aleksey
Philadelphia
Aleksey
Gloryvee Perez Blackwell
Bensalem
Highway Patrol
Frankie Lingard
Walter Bailey
Bailey
New York
Thomas Sims
Storm Strikes Cause Roof Holes Downed Tree and Power Loss
After daybreak Thursday Mrs Able found three roof holes a 50 year old pine tree downed and her garage damaged as wind turned a car nearly sideways. About 1500 people lost electric service as Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative reported. Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and power lines in Camden Lugoff and Kershaw while downpours clogged roads and at least one home in Myrtle Beach. Airport reported wind gusts of 30 to 35 mph.
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Camden
Lugoff
Kershaw
Myrtle Beach
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