South Carolina Ed Standards Advance Replacing Common Core
The Education Oversight Committee advances new standards to replace Common Core, urging clarity and rigor for the 2016 school year. If passed by full committee and Board of Education, teachers prepare for 2015-16 adoption with two remaining hurdles and ongoing funding questions.
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South Carolina
S.C. Senate
Education Oversight Committee
S.C
Mike Fair
Greenville
Board of Education
University of South Carolina
Ed Dickey
Letters to the Editor Call for Open Meetings in Aiken
A retired North Carolina administrator living in Aiken commends the Aiken Standard for watchdog reporting on the FOIA violation by the Aiken Board of Education. He urges limiting closed sessions and stresses public access to governance decisions, praising the newspaper’s scrutiny.
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North Carolina
Aiken
City Council
Board of Education
Aiken Board of Education
Aiken Standard
Columnist misleads on South Carolina taxes and morals
A South Carolina column argues for higher income taxes citing revenue gaps, but the critique shows tax boosts would harm growth. The writer asserts policy should focus on better paying jobs, not higher taxes, while a reader, Chandler S. Vincent, questions conservative hypocrisy over cultural issues in the same piece.
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Cindi Ross Scoppes
South Carolina
Scoppe
U.S
Bill Johnson
Aiken
Bible Belt
Sodom-and-Gomorrah
Miss Grey
Christ
Chandler S. Vincent Aiken
Aiken Women’s Heart Board Stages Etherredge Center Show
The Aiken Women’s Heart Board delivers a quality performance at the USCA Etherredge Center with Hero’s Retreat. The ensemble, production team, and cast impress, setting a record for costume changes in a two act show as Eleanor Bookstayer smiles again.
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Aiken Women’s Heart Board
Usca Etherredge Center
Eleanor Bookstayer
Republicans Lose Ground as House Revolves in Repeats
Column by Kathleen Parker analyzes the 2016 Homeland Security funding standoff. It critiques the House GOP faction led by Boehner and the Freedom Caucus for blocking pragmatic governance, contrasts with Netanyahu and Iran, notes the Senate passage of a clean bill, and argues the party must win broad support beyond its base to secure the presidency.
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Erning
Homeland Security
White House
Department of Homeland Security
U.S. House
John Boehner
House
Benjamin Netanyahu
Iran
Netanyahu
Middle East
Congress
Barack Obama
Boehner
Tea Party
Freedom Caucus
Washington, D.C
Beltway
Terra Firma
Steve Scalise
Nancy Pelosi
Senate
Aiken Standard Seeks Signed Letters To Editor
The Aiken Standard invites letters to the editor signed with the writer’s address and daytime phone for verification. Letters must be under 500 words and may be edited for length, libel, or taste. Anonymous letters are not published. organized campaign letters are barred.
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Aiken
P.O. Box
Aikenstandard.com
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