News Releases

State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman surprised Wren High School teacher, Tamara Cox, at her school with news that she has been selected as one of five finalists for the South Carolina Teacher of the Year award.  

State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman surprised Travelers Rest High School teacher, Shelley Smith, at her school with news that she has been selected as one of five finalists for the South Carolina Teacher of the Year award.  

State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman surprised Blythewood High School teacher, Sue Weems, at her school today with news that she has been selected as one of five finalists for the South Carolina Teacher of the Year award.  

State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman surprised Fairfield Central High School teacher, Chanda Jefferson, at her school with news that she has been selected as one of five finalists for the South Carolina Teacher of the Year award.  

State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman has declared a fiscal emergency in the Sumter School District due to non-compliance with the district's financial recovery plan and the possibility of further fiscal decline. 

The South Carolina Department of Education is partnering with several other organizations to host the Read to Succeed Summer Reading Camp Symposium from 8 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., Thursday, February 7 at the Richland Two Institute of Innovation (R2i2), located at 763 Fashion Drive in Columbia. 

The South Carolina Department of Education’s Office of Health and Nutrition offers local government agencies, school districts, faith-based and private nonprofit organizations an excellent opportunity to provide summer meals to children by becoming a sponsor or a summer meal site for our Summer Meals Program.

State Superintendent Molly Spearman has released a statement on the filing of House Bill 3759, the "South Carolina Career Opportunity and Access for All Act".

The South Carolina Department of Education has released the first list of Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI) schools as required under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). 

The South Carolina Department of Education has released the first list of Priority Schools as required under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). 

The South Carolina Department of Education today released the first list of Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI) schools as required under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). 

Three South Carolina school districts are among a total of 373 in the United States and Canada being honored by the College Board with placement on the Annual AP Honor Roll.

State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman has announced the names of the two students who have been selected as delegates to the 57th Annual United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP) that will be held March 2–9, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

The South Carolina Department of Education and Education Oversight Committee has released school and district report cards as part of the state’s merged state and federal accountability system. The 2018 report cards reflect school and district performance during the 2017-2018 school year and contain overall school ratings for the first time since 2014. 

The South Carolina Department of Education has announced the winners of the 2018 Read Your Way to the Big Game Contest - a reading competition that promotes literacy in schools through the Gamecock and Tiger athletic programs.

State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman announced today that the release of the new school report cards, originally scheduled for this Thursday, November 15th, has been postponed. 

IT-oLogy and the South Carolina Department of Education are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2nd Annual IT-oLogy Innovation Challenge. The Innovation Challenge, a statewide competition for grades 3 – 12, offered students and teachers an outlet to create and share projects using technology to solve or bring awareness to an environmental problem in their respective community.