Whitlock Junior High in Spartanburg District 7 is one of four schools in South Carolina, that have struggled to improve student achievement, volunteered for comprehensive makeovers that will begin this year.

State Superintendent of Education Jim Rex will present his annual “State of Our Schools” address Wednesday morning. 

46 states have agreed to work together to develop common core standards for math and reading, but South Carolina is not one of them.

A Spartanburg School District Seven teacher will be part of a TV panel of educators who will talk about the state’s education budget crisis.

A total of 755 South Carolina educators earned National Board Certified Teachers status, according to data released Tuesday. South Carolina ranks third in the nation behind North Carolina and Florida.

State schools Superintendent Jim Rex sent an e-mail to employees Wednesday explaining the mandatory furloughs.

We contacted school districts in the Upstate to see what they thought of a four-day school week.

The state Education Department is releasing students’ scores on the now-extinct Palmetto Achievement Challenge Test Wednesday morning.

A new voter registration drive is aimed at getting all of South Carolina’s teachers registered to vote in the upcoming elections.

PAL, PASS, SCYE, STARS and STEP are the finalists for the name of the new standardized test that will replace the PACT exam for South Carolina school students. And you can vote for your favorite.

Two-thirds of students, 75 percent of parents and eight in ten teachers approve of single-gender classes according to a survey released by the State Department of Education.