...competent, and they would love a solution to this problem.If, collectively, education professors, politicians, state school boards, local school boards and school administrators would create directed elementary school cultures that correct the...

...up dropping out.Holding students back stigmatizes them as a failure, said Debbie Elmore, spokeswoman for the state School Boards Association.And although the bill does list instances when students can be exempted from being held back, Oconee...

...didn't take it lightly; I thought about it very seriously," he said Monday after taking the weekend to weigh the state school board's recommendation that the officeholders be suspended.The move, which could still be subject to the outcomes...

...families and their children. Opponents, led by state Superintendent John Barge, contend that it duplicates the state school board's existing power and could siphon money away from local schools that already face tight budgets.Delk alleged...

...create a seven-person panel that could approve charter school applications even if they are denied by the local and state school boards."Some of my colleagues might even call it a privatized education because you're limiting the amount of persons...

...scandal that led to tighter exam security across the state.The Governor's Office of Student Achievement told the state school board Thursday that just three schools were flagged as "severe concern," meaning they had 25 percent or more of classrooms...

...of creating a uniform tax system statewide while reducing business property taxes."Finally somebody's talking about comprehensive education finance reform with tax relief," said Scott Price with the state School Boards Association.

...closing after the state's highest court ruled last month that the commission that created them was illegal.The full state school board is expected to approve the applications during a meeting this morning. Most of the schools face losing half their...

...than in nearby states.The change was a compromise worked out with developers and the real estate industry and the state School Board Association, Municipal Association and state Association of Counties.Rusty Garrett, of Anderson, the president...

...from both Republicans and Democrats, and the classes were first offered during the 2007-08 school year after the state school board selected a curriculum.Critics worried that the law would lead to students being force-fed religion and open schools...