News Releases

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.

State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman announced today the names of the two students who have been selected as delegates to the 56th Annual United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP) that will be held March 3–10, 2018, in Washington, D.C.

Three South Carolina school districts are among a total of 447 in the United States and Canada being honored by the College Board with placement on the Annual AP Honor Roll.

The South Carolina Department of Education has announced the winners of the 2017 Read Your Way to the Big Game Contest - a reading competition that promotes literacy in schools through the Gamecock and Tiger athletic programs.

The State Board of Education has approved over $55 million in funds allotted by the General Assembly to be used for school facility improvement projects in forty-eight eligible school districts.

The South Carolina Department of Education and State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman are pleased to release the 2016-2017 state report cards for South Carolina schools and districts. 

The South Carolina Department of Education released statewide public school results for the ACT, a college readiness assessment taken by all 11th grade high school students in the spring of the 2016-2017 school year. School districts that chose to give the ACT online experienced significant technical difficulties attributed to ACT's online testing system. The online testing system resulted in delayed reporting and questions about the validity of scores.

IT-oLogy and the South Carolina Department of Education are pleased to announce the recipients of the first annual Innovation Challenge. The Innovation Challenge is a new statewide competition for students in grades 3-12 whose purpose is to create projects using technology to solve, or bring awareness to a problem in the community.