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Wednesday, April 24, 2013  Parents could no longer buy a small plot to send their child to a certain school under a bill advanced by a House panel.

Monday, September 24, 2012  South Carolina's graduating seniors posted lower scores on the SAT college entrance exam for the fourth consecutive year.

Friday, October 28, 2011  The Lexington County Sheriff's Department and Lexington County School District One are teaming up to start a chess program for at-risk kids.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011  Scores released Tuesday from the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress show that 33 percent of South Carolina's fourth-graders and 23 percent of eighth graders were proficient in science. Just 1 percent in both grades received advanced scores.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010  Students attending schools with chronically low test scores could transfer to a better-performing school in another district under a proposal being considered by South Carolina legislators.