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Chronic illiteracy plagues SC Public Schools1 comment

thevoiceforschoolchoice wrote 6 months ago: Parents and community members throughout Charleston were shocked this week to learn that illiteracy … more →

Tags: Policy, post and courier, Educational Effectiveness, Charleston, illiteracy, Reading

Real school choice in S.C. is high priority

thevoiceforschoolchoice wrote 6 months ago: “Real school choice in S.C. is high priority,” an editorial published in the Times and D … more →

Tags: Policy, News and Views, Educational Effectiveness

More Black Lawmakers Supporting School Choice

choicevoice wrote 7 months ago: According to this article in USA Today, school choice is a reform measure that more black lawmakers … more →

Tags: Policy, school choice, Educational Effectiveness, President Obama, equality of opportunity, Robert Ford, arne duncan, USA Today, SC Educational Opportunity Act

Good Mileage More Important to Congress than Children2 comments

choicevoice wrote 7 months ago: Members of Congress ( 38% of which chose to send their own children to private school) sent a cuttin … more →

Tags: Policy, News and Views, transparency and Accountability, Nea, Special Interests, school choice, Tax Credits, Barack Obama, President Obama

Adam Schaeffer on School Choice

choicevoice wrote 7 months ago: While embittered bureaucrats insist that giving parents real school choice is “experimental … more →

Tags: Policy, Cost-efficiency, school choice, Tax Credits, Educational Effectiveness, South Carolina public schools, Student Scholarship Organizations, Cato Institute, SOUTH CAROLINA SENATE

Educators Plead With Senators to Help Children 6 comments

choicevoice wrote 7 months ago: “We’re losing our young men in this state. Some kids just need a different approach, a different env … more →

Tags: Policy, Jim Rex, school choice, Funding, South Carolina public schools, tax credit, Charleston County School district, Student Scholarship Organizations, equality of opportunity

Parents Pack Senate Building to Demand "Students over System"10 comments

choicevoice wrote 8 months ago: One of the two over-flow rooms packed with supporters of School Choice during the K-12 Education Sub … more →

Tags: Policy, News and Views, What "The Voice" is All About, school choice, Tax Credits, Special Needs, Cato, Superintendent Jim Rex, Education Opportunity Act

Private vs. public school debate not settled

thevoiceforschoolchoice wrote 8 months ago: “Private vs. public school debate not settled“ A letter to the editor in the State Newsp … more →

Tags: News and Views, State Newspaper, private schools, James Carper, Competition, Paul Thomas

Readers Favor School Choice by 65.8%

choicevoice wrote 8 months ago: From The Charleston Regional Business Journal By Andy Owens aowens@scbiznews.com Published March 27, … more →

Tags: Policy, News and Views, school choice, Tax Credits, equality of opportunity, Senator Robert Ford, Charleston Regional Business Journal, Andy Owens

Obama pressured on School Choice

thevoiceforschoolchoice wrote 9 months ago: William McGurn wrote this powerful editorial in the Wall Street Journal, calling out President Obama … more →

Tags: Policy, News and Views, Sasha Obama, Malia Obama, President Obama, Dick Durbin, william mcgurn, wallstreet journal, WSJ

School Choice: for strong families

thevoiceforschoolchoice wrote 10 months ago: All taxpayers support public education through income, property and sales taxes. Every person, even … more →

Tags: Homeschool, school choice, Parental Rights, private school, strong families, integrity of the the family, Parent's Rights, Home, Independent School

Spartanburg Taxpayers Outraged Over Unethical School Board Decision5 comments

choicevoice wrote 10 months ago: On February 3rd, school board members from Spartanburg School District 7 faced the outrage of Sparta … more →

Tags: Cost-efficiency, Spartanburg District 7, Superintendent Thomas White, Superintendent White, Spartanburg 7, Spartan

Race Gaps widen in South Carolina's public schools6 comments

thevoiceforschoolchoice wrote 11 months ago: The Voice has often written about the shameful and growing achievement gap in South Carolina’s … more →

Tags: Policy, African-American, Pact, EOC, Achievement gap, Educational Effectiveness, Testing

Rock Hill: Public Money for School Politics5 comments

thevoiceforschoolchoice wrote 11 months ago: From a reader: “…the email below was forwarded to me after being sent to every employee … more →

Tags: Policy, Rock Hill, Special Interests, spin, Walter Brown, York 3

Spartanburg Herald Journal: Changing state constitution will do more harm than good1 comment

choicevoice wrote 11 months ago: “This boat may not be ideal right now, but she’ll be seaworthy once we put on this high … more →

Tags: Policy, school choice, South Carolina, Spartanburg Herald-Journal, South Carolina public schools, Goodbye Minimally Adequate, Public Education, state constitution

OUTRAGE in McClellanville

thevoiceforschoolchoice wrote 1 year ago: Parents in McCellanville are enraged. Politicians and bureaucrats from the Charleston County School … more →

Tags: Policy, Educational Effectiveness, charleston public schools, McClellanville, Lincoln High School, McClellanville Middle Schools, St James-Santee Elementary School

More charter schools in Charleston?

thevoiceforschoolchoice wrote 1 year ago: Parents, community leaders and educators are pushing to transform Drayton Hall Elementary School fro … more →

Tags: Charleston, Drayton Hall Elementary, Public Charter

56,000 drop outs later, Jim Rex holds "prevention summit"18 comments

choicevoice wrote 1 year ago: Failure Express: every school day 158 students drop-out of South Carolina’s public schools. Th … more →

Tags: Policy, graduation rate, Jim Rex, Educational Effectiveness, drop out rate, Failure, South Carolina Department of Education

Obama has school choice, South Carolinians don't6 comments

choicevoice wrote 1 year ago: With only a weak Charter School law, South Carolina is falling further behind the national trend tow … more →

Tags: News and Views, Obama school choice, Charter Schools, Opportunity Scholarship, South Carolina School Choice


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