News Releases

Erin Reichert of Bluffton High School is among 44 honorees for 2017-18 to receive the Milken Educator Award, which comes with an unrestricted cash prize of $25,000. 

The public is invited to review the proposed statewide program for District Fiscal Practices and Budgetary Conditions as prepared by the South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) pursuant to Act 23 of 2017, S.C. Code Ann. § 59-20-90.

The public is invited to review instructional materials that have been proposed for use in South Carolina’s public schools.

State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman announced today the names of the two students who have been selected as delegates to the 56th Annual United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP) that will be held March 3–10, 2018, in Washington, D.C.

Three South Carolina school districts are among a total of 447 in the United States and Canada being honored by the College Board with placement on the Annual AP Honor Roll.

The South Carolina Department of Education has announced the winners of the 2017 Read Your Way to the Big Game Contest - a reading competition that promotes literacy in schools through the Gamecock and Tiger athletic programs.

The State Board of Education has approved over $55 million in funds allotted by the General Assembly to be used for school facility improvement projects in forty-eight eligible school districts.

The South Carolina Department of Education and State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman are pleased to release the 2016-2017 state report cards for South Carolina schools and districts. 

The South Carolina Department of Education released statewide public school results for the ACT, a college readiness assessment taken by all 11th grade high school students in the spring of the 2016-2017 school year. School districts that chose to give the ACT online experienced significant technical difficulties attributed to ACT's online testing system. The online testing system resulted in delayed reporting and questions about the validity of scores.

IT-oLogy and the South Carolina Department of Education are pleased to announce the recipients of the first annual Innovation Challenge. The Innovation Challenge is a new statewide competition for students in grades 3-12 whose purpose is to create projects using technology to solve, or bring awareness to a problem in the community. 

Dr. Akil E. Ross, Sr., principal at Chapin High School in Chapin, SC, has been named the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) 2018 National Principal of the Year. 

Key military, education and state elected leaders gathered today at the South Carolina Military Base Task Force to celebrate a $1.3 million grant from the National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI). The grant, funded by the US Department of Defense, provides Richland School District Two with the resources to implement NMSI’s College Readiness Program in two high schools with the majority of children from military families serving at Fort Jackson. 

Today, the South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) announced that it has submitted it's Consolidated Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) plan to to the U.S. Department of Education.

The South Carolina Department of Education in consultation with numerous state agencies, non-profits, and child advocacy groups has unveiled SCProfile.com , a comprehensive early childhood website and data collection system that will serve as an important tool for parents, educators, policymakers, and the general public to use when determining whether programs for young children are fulfilling their promise.

Today, the South Carolina Department of Education released statewide public school results for ACT WorkKeys, a career readiness assessment taken by high school students in the spring of the 2016-2017 school year.

The University of South Carolina Honors College and University of South Carolina Press have announced the winners of the fourth annual South Carolina High School Writing Contest. 

The South Carolina Department of Education is unveiling the 2018 South Carolina African American History Calendar in a celebration tonight at 7:00 p.m. at the Koger Center for the Arts in Columbia, South Carolina.

Four South Carolina school districts have received over $49 million in federal grant money as part of the U.S. Department of Education's Magnet Schools Assistance Program.