By FITSNews || S.C. Superintendent of Education Jim Rex is spending nearly twice as much on non-classroom "consultants" this year as he did in 2009 - the latest example of how the global recession isn't hurting South Carolina's massive education bureaucracy. Through the first five months of 2010,
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Moffly Shouldn’t Have Been On Ballot
By FITSNews || The name of Elizabeth Moffly - a candidate for S.C. Superintendent of Education - should not have appeared on the Republican primary ballot according to the Palmetto state's top campaign official. Herb Hayden, executive director of the State Ethics Commission, told the Associated Press
Read story »Endorsement: Payne For SC Superintendent
By FITSNews || Kelly Payne certainly isn't the most polished candidate for S.C. Superintendent of Education - and depending on your definition of "qualifications" and "experience," she's probably not the most qualified or experienced candidate, either. Also, her campaign hasn't placed quite the emphasis
Read story »Absolut Fail
By FITSNews || In case you missed it, last week S.C. Superintendent of Education Jim Rex launched a broadside against FITSNews, calling our website "racist," "extremist" and ... of all things ... "Republican." The nerve, right? Anyway, here's Rex's blast (and our response). Needless to say, we
Read story »Jim Rex’s “Fail-mobile”
By FITSNews || Given the abysmal state of public education in South Carolina, it's no surprise that S.C. Superintendent of Education Jim Rex's gubernatorial campaign isn't exactly "firing on all cylinders." Running on fumes is more like it. In fact, you can take a look at Rex's dismal campaign finance
Read story »No Peeking!
By FITSNews || Dutch Fork (S.C.) High School teacher Kelly Payne made quite a splash last month when she formally entered the S.C. Superintendent of Education race with a wide-ranging, substantive policy speech. Indeed, rather than spouting the same meaningless, ho-hum drivel we're used to hearing
Read story »Super Duper GOP Poll
By FITSNews || With Dutch Fork (S.C.) high school teacher Kelly Payne's big announcement on Thursday, the GOP field for the S.C. Superintendent of Education race appears to be set. In addition to Payne, Newberry College President Mitchell Zais and Furman University professor Brent Nelsen are both
Read story »Nelsen Running For Superintendent
Having successfully milked his Quixotic gubernatorial bid into an "elegant sufficiency" of free publicity, Furman (S.C.) University political science Professor Brent Nelsen has decided to abandon it and run for State Superintendent of Education instead. This is obviously no surprise, at least not
Read story »Nelsen Looking At Superintendent’s Race
Sources tell FITS that Furman University political science professor Brent Nelsen might ditch his Republican gubernatorial ambitions to run for S.C. Superintendent of Education. Nelsen's is the third name floated for this position in as many days, as the rumor mill churned out State Rep. Ted Pitts
Read story »Rex Fundraising Shocker
For a guy who's supposed to be running for governor in two years, S.C. Superintendent of Education Jim Rex certainly doesn't seem to be in a big hurry to raise the mountain of money he'll need to be competitive in 2010. In fact, according to the latest S.C. Ethics Commission filings, Rex has just
Read story »K-Flo: Still Hot
WHERE WAS THIS LOOK DURING THE ELECTION? FITSNews - July 24, 2008 - After going with the Princess Di cut during her 2006 election for State Superintendent of Education (which Democrat Jim Rex stole from her, incidentally), it's good to see Republican hottie Karen Floyd (above, center ) letting her
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