News Releases

January 30, 2025
State Superintendent Weaver Shares SCDE Budget Requests for 2025 with SC Lawmakers

Expanding the state’s Summer Reading Camps, increasing teacher salaries, and establishing a permanent, sustainable funding source for capital projects for rural and public charter schools are some of the top priorities for State Superintendent of Education Ellen Weaver in the new year.

January 29, 2025
SC Students Outperform National Trends in Latest NAEP Results

South Carolina students continue to demonstrate remarkable resilience as they recover from pandemic-related disruptions, according to the latest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), commonly known as the Nation’s Report Card.

January 24, 2025
Converse Bus Shop renamed after longtime SCDE employee

The South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) held a ceremony to commemorate the renaming of the Converse School Bus Shop to the David T. Brewington School Bus Maintenance Center on January 24.

January 17, 2025
SCDE seeks partners for Summer Meals Program

The South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) is seeking local governmental agencies, school food authorities, faith-based and public/private nonprofit organizations to provide summer meals to children.

January 16, 2025
SCDE and partners unveil 2025 SC African American History Calendar

On January 15, the South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE), in collaboration with its community partners, hosted the unveiling of the 2025 South Carolina African American History Calendar at the Koger Center for the Arts in downtown Columbia.

January 9, 2025
SCDE provides update to school districts on PowerSchool data breach

As the South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) continues to monitor the scope of the PowerSchool data breach incident, the SCDE provided an update Thursday evening to school districts.

January 8, 2025
SCDE responds to PowerSchool Data Breach

Late Tuesday, the South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) was informed by PowerSchool of a cybersecurity breach involving its PowerSource portal. This was an international incident over which the state and local districts had no control.