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postandcourier.com | Anna Mitchell |Ian Grenier
COLUMBIA — State lawmakers struck a deal May 21 on funding for public schools, reducing the share of new cash going to the state's quickly growing virtual charter schools but not by as much as traditional public schools had hoped.
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2 weeks ago | 
postandcourier.com | Anna Mitchell
GREENVILLE — Bob Jones University graduate and long-time faculty member Bruce McAllister will be the next president of his alma mater, taking over at the private, conservative Christian college whose leadership clashes, financial woes and plummeting enrollment pose existential threats to the 98-year-old institution.
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2 weeks ago | 
postandcourier.com | Ian Grenier |Anna Mitchell
COLUMBIA — South Carolina lawmakers are considering an education funding change that could free up more state money for the state's 712,000 traditional public-school students, but the proposal comes at the expense of the state's roughly 18,000 online charter students.
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3 weeks ago | 
postandcourier.com | Anna Mitchell
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SPARTANBURG — Wofford College President Nayef Samhat, a political science professor who navigated twin crises in 2020 while also leading the Spartanburg school through an age of unprecedented growth, announced he will be leaving in June 2026. The Post and Courier’s Education Lab focuses on issues and policies affecting South Carolina’s education system.
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1 month ago | 
postandcourier.com | Anna Mitchell
GAFFNEY — Limestone University's closure is having ripple effects across the state as 28 charter schools sponsored by the failed institution soon might have to go shopping for a new partner. The Post and Courier’s Education Lab focuses on issues and policies affecting South Carolina’s education system. It is supported by donations and grants to the nonprofit Public Service and Investigative Fund, whose contributors are subject to the same coverage we apply to everyone else.
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1 month ago | 
postandcourier.com | Anna Mitchell
GAFFNEY — With the announcement earlier this week that Limestone University would be closing for good, interest was piqued among Cherokee County public school officials who potentially want to buy the campus. "Emphasis is on the word 'potential,'" said Thomas White, the Gaffney-based district's interim superintendent.
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1 month ago | 
postandcourier.com | Anna Mitchell
CLEMSON — Pickens County resident Carl Telford estimates one-half to two-thirds of his income would go to his son's care during the day if it weren't for Head Start — the federal, tuition-free preschool for low-income families. If the program went away, Telford figures he would just take three-year-old Canon with him to work. "It would be me and him till the wheels fall off, seriously," said Telford, a self-employed media producer and single father of three.
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1 month ago | 
postandcourier.com | Anna Mitchell
Limestone University will close its campus at the end of the semester, college officials informed students and staff April 16. Limestone spokesman K.C. Barnhill said the school will end in-person classes at the end of spring semester, affecting about 1,000 students. Also ending are Limestone athletics, but the school will continue to offer online classes and will continue as a charter school authorizer.
