News Releases

A new state-by-state report shows more young children enrolled in public pre-K programs nationwide, with South Carolina ranking 11th nationally in enrollment despite spending well below national average per child enrolled. 

At the invitation of Governor Jim Justice of West Virginia, South Carolina's William Mossbrook and Ronak Malde will participate as delegates in the 55th year of the National Youth Science Camp held near the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia.  

State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman has declared a state of emergency in the Williamsburg County School District due to financial mismanagement, systemic programmatic issues, and poor student academic performance. 

IT-oLogy and the South Carolina Department of Education are pleased to announce the 2nd annual Innovation Challenge is now open. The Challenge is a statewide competition for grades 3-12 students and teachers who create projects using technology to solve, or bring awareness to a problem in the community. 

State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman surprised Cane Bay High School teacher, Nicholas Snyder, at his school today with news that he has been selected as one of five finalists for the South Carolina Teacher of the Year award. 

State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman surprised Starr Elementary School teacher, Jeffrey Maxey, at his school today with news that he has been selected as one of five finalists for the South Carolina Teacher of the Year award. 

State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman surprised Hand Middle School teacher, Robert Harris, at his school today with news that he has been selected as one of five finalists for the South Carolina Teacher of the Year award. 

State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman surprised Mayewood Middle School teacher, Zachariah Lowe, at his school with news that he has been selected as one of five finalists for the South Carolina Teacher of the Year award.  

State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman surprised Northwestern High School teacher, Susan Snyder, 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.  

Governor Henry McMaster joined South Carolina Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman to announce that fitness icon Jake Steinfeld, Chairman of the National Foundation for Governors’ Fitness Councils (NFGFC), has kicked off 2018 by selecting the State of South Carolina for its 2018 DON’T QUIT! fitness campaign. The NFGFC will deliver a state-of-the-art DON’T QUIT! Fitness Center to three schools for demonstrating leadership in getting and keeping their students fit.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded South Carolina with $620,000 to replace 31 school buses with new cleaner models. 

The South Carolina Department of Education's Office of Transportation and State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman recognized the state's 2017 National School Bus Safety Poster Contest winners at a celebration in Columbia this week. 

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. 

Erin Reichert of Bluffton High School is among 44 honorees for 2017-18 to receive the Milken Educator Award, which comes with an unrestricted cash prize of $25,000. 

The public is invited to review the proposed statewide program for District Fiscal Practices and Budgetary Conditions as prepared by the South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) pursuant to Act 23 of 2017, S.C. Code Ann. § 59-20-90.

The public is invited to review instructional materials that have been proposed for use in South Carolina’s public schools.