News Releases

The South Carolina Departments of Education, Public Safety, and Transportation kicked off a joint effort to bring school and community awareness to the importance of student driving safety. 

The South Carolina Department of Education releases mandatory training on dyslexia and related readings disorders to South Carolina educators.

State Superintendent of Education Molly M. Spearman announces seven South Carolina teachers have been named as finalists for prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). 

College and Career ready students from around the state received awards at the state’s largest annual CATE professional development event.

Lexington District Two Social Studies teacher Daniel Bailey received the Warren E. Shull Award for the National Middle Level Adviser of the Year.

FORT SCOTT, KS – June 11, 2016 - The Lowell Milken Center (LMC) for Unsung Heroes in Fort Scott, Kansas, an international educational non-profit, has awarded its prestigious Fellowship to elementary teacher, Jed Dearybury of Spartanburg School District in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Dearybury will arrive in Fort Scott on June 19th for a week of collaboration with the Center.

Superintendent Molly Spearman met with Boys and Girls State members from across South Carolina.

Columbia, SC – State Superintendent of Education Molly M. Spearman announces that three South Carolina students have been named U.S. Presidential Scholars.

New York, NY (May 201, 2016): Albert Robertson, a teacher at Meadow Glen Middle School in Lexington, South Carolina, has been named the 2016 South Carolina History Teacher of the Year, an award sponsored by The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.

Columbia, SC – State Superintendent of Education Molly M. Spearman launched a new statewide program in a special ceremony where she celebrated more than 2,000 high school seniors in South Carolina who made the decision to join the United States Armed Forces.

Columbia, SC – State Superintendent of Education Molly M. Spearman announced the names of students across the state who are scheduled to graduate with perfect public school attendance records.

Members of the Airport High School Drill Team brought home several awards after competing in a competition held in Florida.

Students in the Lee Central High drum line opened the South Carolina Arts Awards and Gala on May 11, 2016.

LEXINGTON, S.C. -Lexington County School District One congratulates Lexington High School AP Statistics and International Baccalaureate Mathematics Teacher Sheryn Billue, who received a National Center for Women and Information Technology 2016 Aspirations in Computing Educator Award.

Columbia, SC – State Superintendent of Education Molly M. Spearman announces that South Carolina has selected 3,747 Junior Scholars from all public, private, and home schools. 

Rebeca Pacheco was selected to be a Gates Millennium Scholar for 2016, joining last year’s Lake City High School graduate Mikayla Hanna. 

Alexa Eyring and Kayla Shine won an award for their invention to help children with cerebral palsy.

Columbia, SC – State Superintendent of Education Molly M. Spearman announces that 10 South Carolina students have been named semifinalists for the prestigious U.S. Presidential Scholars Program.