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Latest news from around Columbia, South Carolina, the Nation and the World
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012
South Carolina's schools chief is asking a federal court to suspend a $36 million penalty against the state and review an order by U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan.
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Monday, June 04, 2012
The U.S. Education Department has denied South Carolina's request to further appeal a $36 million penalty for not spending enough on special education during the economic downturn.
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Monday, March 19, 2012
Aggressive efforts to prevent students from dropping out contributed to a modest 3.5 percentage point increase nationally in the high school graduation rate from 2001 to 2009, according to research presented Monday at the Grad Nation summit in Washington.
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Monday, September 07, 2009
The nation's education secretary says the furor over President Barack Obama's speech to school children Tuesday is "just silly."
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