Lottery boosts LIFE scholarships for Black students
A new law allows LIFE scholarship candidates to meet two of three criteria: B average, 1100 SAT, or top 30 percent class rank, aiding students from less affluent, predominantly Black high schools. Legislator Sen. Darrell Jackson says lottery proceeds could fund higher awards, despite cost concerns.
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Orp
College
Rct
Darrell Jackson
D-Hopkins
Carolina High School
Barbara Seaborn
LaBarbara Sampson
Greenville County
Sampson
Jackson
South Carolina joins 12 states to emphasize algebra testing
South Carolina is part of a Southern coalition with 12 states to strengthen high school algebra testing and instruction. The group plans a common test question bank and shared costs, with field testing for Algebra I end of course exams in spring 2002 and first-counting results in December 2002. Officials note ongoing collaboration among Alabama Arkansas Georgia Kentucky Maryland Mississippi North Carolina Oklahoma Tennessee Texas and West Virginia.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Jim Watts
Southern Regional Education Board
Watts
Alabama
Arkansas
Georgia
Kentucky
Maryland
Mississippi
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Texas
West Virginia
Paul Sandifer
State Education Department
Charleston paper that carried Declaration to stay in state hands
The Post and Courier Foundation completed its purchase of the Aug 2 14 1776 South Carolina and American General Gazette, the first to publish the Declaration of Independence in Charleston. The paper will be displayed for five years before permanent loan to the Charleston Library Society.
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Charleston
The
Post and Courier Foundation
South Carolina
Warren Ripley
Library Society
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Sears Telephone
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