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The State Board of Education is considering a universal definition of “age appropriate” educational materials in South Carolina schools and libraries that would bar descriptions or visual depictions of what it deems sexual conduct, and items that are “obscene” or “indecent.”

Four months after Dr. Eric Gallien was named Charleston County’s new school superintendent, the district board has accepted a settlement agreement releasing him from his duties. The unanimous decision was made after board members revealed an investigation into a complaint Gallien had created a hostile work environment showed he did nothing wrong.

On the upside, standardized test scores are up since last year. On the downside ...

A state House committee hopes to fix questions competitive fairness between public and non-traditional schools.

The Charleston County School District says social media companies are to blame for a mental health crisis among students.

An historic school built for African Americans in 1925 is restored and reopened in St. George, S.C. as a community center and museum. It will share the stories of those who created it and were educated there.

South Carolina is cementing a public-private partnership that has been expanding preschool services statewide over the past quarter century.

Friday starts South Carolina’s 72-hour Tax Free Weekend for back-to-school items. According to the state Department of Revenue, in 2022, shoppers bought more than $26.2 million in tax-free items.

Summer vacation will soon end, but what you did during the break can help students prepare for academic success.

Author Ta-Nehisi Coates sat silently through a school board meeting in South Carolina to support a high school teacher told to stop using his book on growing up Black in America in her advanced English class.