The long recession is cutting more money from state revenues and expected to force spending cuts of nearly $120 million from South Carolina schools, colleges and prisons. 

A new study shows that student performance in South Carolina schools has improved, but results on narrowing the achievement gaps for minority and low-income students are mixed. However, achievement gaps narrowed only at the high school level. The gaps were mixed for middle schools and widened at the elementary level.

According to an Associated Press review, laws meant to rein in schoolyard bullying rarely if ever do that since adults generally don’t enforce them and several students’ recent suicides have parents and advocates calling for tougher measures.

H1N1 Top Questions

The head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a child safety checklist for parents to use for their children.

The President spoke to students at noon, but most Upstate students didn’t see it live.

A lot of you have contacted us wanting to know why there have been so many cuts in education in South Carolina when state lottery revenues are up?

A new first-in-the-nation partnership sends private donations directly to South Carolina public school classrooms.

Schools expect even bigger cuts.

The percentage of African American parents who say they will volunteer this school year has more than doubled in the past year, and a new survey says it’s because of the President.

Upstate schools prepare for H1N1.

A two-year state budget presented to North Carolina legislators would cut more than $1 billion from last year’s spending levels for health and human service programs.

Michelin North America says it is creating a new program that the tire company says will help public schools across South Carolina.

June unemployment was virtually unchanged in South Carolina from May and the jobless rate in North Carolina fell slightly to 11 percent.

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