Two South Carolina schools recognized for outstanding character education efforts 6/24/2008 Two South Carolina schools have been recognized by the national Character Education Partnership (CEP) as 2008 Promising Practices winners. Paul M. Dorman High School in Roebuck and Camp Bennettsville Wilderness Institute in Florence are among 130 schools and just eight high schools in the nation to be selected for the prestigious honor.

Rex asks educators to push for fair, equitable school funding system 6/18/2008 State Superintendent of Education Jim Rex today thanked educators for supporting public school reform during his 18 months in office and asked for their help in the upcoming effort to pass a fairer, more equitable K-12 funding system.

Arts Commission supporting education programs with $500,000-plus in grants 6/13/2008 The South Carolina Arts Commission has announced over half-a-million dollars in grants to communities, local organizations and schools to support arts-related education programs for the 2008-09 fiscal year.