A whopping 76 percent of South Carolina public schools (831 out of 1,037) failed to make adequate yearly progress during the 2010-11 academic year, according to data released this week by the Center on Education Policy.
The Palmetto State ranks 46th nationally among the 50 states – and is one of only five states in which [...]
SC Public Schools: Shockingly Inadequate
No Green Ribbon? Good …
South Carolina’s worst-in-the-nation public school system will not apply for national “green ribbon” status.
Thirty-three states (and the District of Columbia) are participating in the U.S. Department of Education program, which aims to “improve (schools) energy efficiency, create healthy environments for students and staff, and enhance their work to effectively prepare graduates for 21st century careers.”
Specifically, [...]
SC “Dumbed Down” Update
Two years ago, while South Carolina’s taxpayer-funded educrats were blatantly misleading lawmakers and the public regarding changes to our state’s costly and ineffective academic assessments (and while the mainstream media was covering for them), this website was sounding the alarm.
Since our public school system was incapable of producing anything resembling academic progress (despite record funding [...]
SC Educrats Blaming Parents For Failure
The perpetually-high dropout rate in Oconee County, S.C. was featured this week on National Public Radio – which is another way of saying that one colossal waste of tax dollars provided commentary on an even bigger colossal waste of tax dollars.
Anyway, the NPR story included extensive commentary from Oconee Superintendent Mike Lucas (who makes $161,000 [...]
Page: SAT Scores Revealing
A year ago (while the rest of the South Carolina mainstream media snoozed), a little paper in the Upstate called the Greenville Journal decided to investigate S.C. Superintendent of Education Jim Rex’s claims that our state’s “best and brightest” schools were showing dramatic gains in academic achievement.
It turns out (surprise, surprise) they weren’t, but each [...]
A Big Serving Of Sucky
We know this will likely come as a colossal shock to everybody who lives in South Carolina, but go ahead and grab your socks and hose anyway … and get ready to pull.
Why? Well it turns out that (gasp) … our public school system sucks.
Wait, what?
Yeah. It sucks. Like … big time.
And even though it’s [...]
Busting Jim Rex’s Myth
Despite all evidence to the contrary, S.C. Superintendent of Education Jim Rex continues to claim that our state is making progress in education.
In fact a month ago, Rex took credit for a minimal gain in South Carolina’s SAT scores only to find out later that this modest gain was due entirely to private schools improving [...]
