The future looks bright, I got to wear shades!!!!

The education problems in South Carolina will outlive any of us, who cares. This is South Carolina Sic, find a new state. All we care about is fighting Civil War #2, BMW concessions (and the like), and Clemson vs. Carolina. In the meantime, continue to report frivilous celebrity gossip and semi-nude photos, that’s what we really want!

sic(k) willie, the voucher scam is dead in SC. Tell Howie.

We’re glad to see Howie is still feeding your habit, but you need to develop other revenue streams. Times are tough. No one is buying SCRG manure anymore.

MATH TEST. A prize for the reader with the correct answer:

Howie + SCRG + Voice for Scams + sic(k) willie = ????????

BIN News Editorial Staff
Always Flair and Balanced

It is not education they want it is control of the money and clout that comes with it.

P.S. I hope President-elect Obama can pronounce bureaucracy. And it doesn’t come out ‘barackracy.’ Like President Bush’s nuclear always comes out nue-cu-lar.

P.P.S. Rush Limbaugh has solved the financial woes of the Big-3:

Roll out some cars with the Obama logo as hood ornaments, hub cabs, wheel covers…do it the American way — WORK for it. Y’all don’t think those things would sell like poke chops on a stick? Think again.

One problem, of course, is that the Policy Council isn’t very interested in an open and honest discussion. When they talk in terms of “here’s how much money the public schools SIPHON off before it reaches the classroom…”, I think it’s plain propaganda that damages the P.C.’s credibility. Putting money toward guidance counselors — required by state law! — is “siphoning off money”? Putting money toward librarians — required by state law! — is “siphoning off money”? Those were the kind of expenses the Policy Council once claimed were non-classroom (hint: wasteful) spending. I assume they’re still in the non-classroom spending category in this Policy Council report.

And this business about 85 superintendents opposing “real reform”….non-sense. There are all kinds of innovations happening in districts all across the state, and they’re not all uniform or in lock-step philosophically. Some are likely better than others. Some may be hamstrung by politics or funding or mandates from the GOP-dominated legislature. But what I guess Will means is that they don’t embrace tax credits for private schooling….that’s the only “real reform,” in some people’s view, I suppose. (I won’t hash out here all the much-discussed hurdles and practical challenges that, in my opinion, make Put Parents in the Charge and the like unlikely to advance lasting positive change for our neediest students.)

Unfortunately, the problem is widespread across so many of SC’s government agencies and not unique to the education sector. We need reform and restructuring of all of SC government to establish clear accountability and meaningful, transparent oversight.