Legislature weighs teacher pay as SC eyes regional national averages
Editorial argues South Carolina teachers earned below the Southeast average and trails the national pace. It criticizes Gov Hodges for counting two extra days and Board Certification in pay, urges focus on attracting teachers amid shortages and ongoing improvement.
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South Carolina
Southeast
Jim Hodges
United States
Georgia
Palmetto
Savannah River
Hodges
Govenor
House
Ways and Means
National Board
Publication staff credits list for Aitten Standard
Aitten Standard credits publisher B. Hunter Waiitor Ellen C. Priest as circulation director and lists Garth R. Groshans O Briant J. David Boyd among staff. The item preserves names and roles in the publication’s masthead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen C. Priest
Garth R. Groshans
Bush seeks first year tax cut echoing Reagan era
Analysis compares Bush early push for a sweeping tax cut to Ronald Reagan's 1981 strategy. It notes economic recession fears, political dynamics in Congress, and doubts about the plan's popularity. Democrats warn against deficits while Republicans anticipate passage with bipartisan support.
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Bush
Congress
Ronald Reagan
George W. Bush
Reagan
John F Kennedy
Senate
House
GOP
Zell Miller
Georgia
Tom Daschle
Texas
Daschle
Mir Bush
Phil Gramm
Aiken man’s Clinton pardon questioned and related editorials
The text questions how Clinton granted a pardon to an Aiken man and accuses a pay-for-pardon network. It moves through local letters on education reforms, SATs, grade reports, and parental roles, ending with brief notes on Strom Thurmond and local figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
Clinton
Leonard Browder
S.C
Aiken County
Brief Letters Policy for Aiken Standard Readers
The notice requests letters to the editor be brief and include the writer’s signature mailing address and daytime and home phone numbers for verification. It states all letters may be edited or condensed and provides submission addresses and contact methods for Aiken Standard in South Carolina.
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Aiken Standard
P.O
Aiken
S.C
Artist, boy, and signed book show power of reading
An East Aiken Elementary visit by author illustrator Chris Soentpiet ends with a boy buying The Last Dragon using his own saved dollars. Soentpiet signs the book and adds a dragon drawing, impressing students and underscoring reading’s reach as the author travels to schools nationwide.
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Chris Soentpiet
Soentpiet
East Aiken
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Peric
Aitten
B. Hunter
Waiitor
Othy
J. David Boyd
Leunsdorr
Gene Tre
Couchton
Educa
ATS
Silas Marner
Ers
Johnny
Carl Champlin Aiken
Thurmonds
Thurmond Tam
Strom
Strom Jr
Nancy
Tom Abbott Sr
Swallace
Duesouth
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