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SC Lawmakers Could Ditch “Accountability” Agency

By FITSNews || South Carolina could be on the verge of eliminating an unpopular, inefficient and totally ineffective "accountability" agency as part of lawmakers' efforts to identify "savings" in the upcoming state budget. According to an exclusive report from The Voice, a proposal to eliminate funding

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It’s Official: SC PASS Test “Dumbs Down” Standards

A little over a week ago, FITS published an in-depth report exploring the political maneuvering behind the "dumbing down" of South Carolina's new statewide academic standard, the Palmetto Assessment of State Standards (PASS) test. It's a sad, sordid tale replete with cozy backroom deals and special

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Way To Go, Educrats

You just gotta love educrats. Not only is providing our kids with a less-than-minimally-adequate education apparently way too difficult for them, they can't even tell us how bad they're screwing the pooch without ... well, screwing the pooch. School report cards - i.e. South Carolina's annual exercise

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