The SC Public Charter School District: An Update
With 18,500 students in 32 schools, Public Charter Schools in the Palmetto State are making a profound educational impact. New schools are added on a yearly basis and the 2016-17 school year finds a...
View ArticleWhatWorksSC - A Conversation and a Salute to the Winner
At a luncheon in Columbia on October 14th, Healing Species, a program using rescue dogs to teach compassion to students in high risk, high poverty schools in SC, was named as the 2016 Dick and Tunky...
View ArticleCreating a Better Way to Learn
English naturalist Mark Catesby’s love of exploration and learning lives on through a new program, entitled Creating a Better Way to Learn , developed by the Catesby Commemorative Trust in association...
View ArticleWhy Wake Forest University gave six students $100,000
Six undergraduate students from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, are in New York City this weekend with $100,000 to spend. They're on an art-buying trip for the university’s...
View ArticleJune News Items from SC School Districts, Educators, Teachers and Students
While school has been out for nearly a month, plenty of news items you may have missed are featured on this week's podcast.
View ArticleCelebrating the Fourth with All State Singers and Bandsmen
This is an annual event on Speaking of Schools, a rendering of some of the selections of the All State Choruses and Bands from their spring concerts. Join us for the first of two programs featuring...
View ArticleCelebrating the Fourth with All State Singers and Bandsmen
This is an annual event on Speaking of Schools , offering some of the selections of the All State Choruses and Bands from their spring concerts. This is the second of two programs featuring these...
View ArticleStraight Talk SC: Education for Life - Working Together to Fulfill the...
This three part series, sponsored by Furman's Riley Institute and the University's Osher Lifelong Learning Center, examined what matters most in early childhood development and what interventions and...
View ArticleStraight Talk SC: Education for Life: Working Together to Fulfill the Promise...
This three part series, sponsored by Furman's Riley Institute and the University's Osher Lifelong Learning Center, examined what matters most in early childhood development and what interventions and...
View ArticleStraight Talk SC: Education for Life - Working Together to Fulfill the...
This three part series, sponsored by Furman's Riley Institute and the University's Osher Lifelong Learning Center, examined what matters most in early childhood development and what interventions and...
View ArticlePromoting Creative Inquiry Through Robotics and a School "STEAMFEST"
Two Teachers at the Ashley River Creative Arts School in Charleston have taken steps to involve their entire elementary school community by using the robotics team to showcase inquiry based learning....
View ArticleA Visit With the 2016 Teacher of the Year
Each August, Speaking of Schools reaches out to the State Teacher of the Year for the prior year and asks him/her to share some of the personal, professional and once in a lifetime experiences that...
View ArticleFall Semester Information from VirtualSC
Registration is currently underway for the fall 2016 VirtualSC term and Deirdre Edwards, Curriculum Team Leader in the VirtualSC Office, joins us to give those important dates and much more useful...
View ArticleMeet The New SCGSSM President
Dr. Hector Flores became the President of the SCGSSM on April 15th, replacing Dr. Murray Brockman, who retired. Dr. Flores, a native of Peru, came to the Hartsville School from the Rochester Institute...
View ArticleMolly Spearman's SCASA i3 Conference Address
State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman gives remarks to principals, district personnel, and superintendents at the 2016 SCASA Innovative Ideas Institute in Myrtle Beach. The Superintendent's...
View ArticlePBS Spotlight Education Week September 12-17 and the ETV Read to Succeed Course
All this week, PBS and SCETV will feature programs and documentaries as well as special episodes of Nova , Frontline and PBS Newshour , a new film from POV , and the premiere of TED Talks: Education...
View ArticleETV Recertification for Teachers (and a new course with Rudy Mancke)
ETV Teacher Recertification offers courses in ELA, science, social studies, mathematics, the arts, bullying/cyber safety, and more to meet teacher renewal needs. Each course earns 20 renewal credits...
View ArticleJames Otis Scholars from SC High Schools Honored As Part of Constitution Day...
Each year, schools across the country celebrate Constitution Day in various ways, and here in SC The State Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (SCABTA) hosts juniors and seniors from high...
View ArticleFamily and Community Engagement (FACE) and the Often Overlooked Value of Recess
The mission of the Office of Family and Community Engagement (FACE) is to support partnerships between community organizations, families and schools in an effort to coordinate access of resources for...
View ArticleCarolina Classrooms: Bullying and Suicide Prevention
This week's podcast features the audio from the September Carolina Classrooms program which focused on bullying and suicide prevention and how these and other social issues affect student health and...
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