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Data Trailblazer Award recipient Joanna-Woodson Elementary gives presentation on data use to EOC

Joanna-Woodson Elementary Assistant Principal Janice Farmer (left) and Principal Arneice Renwick (right) were presented a letter of congratulations…

State Education Agencies celebrate Academic Achievement of schools while stressing the need for statewide improvement

Greenwood, SC – Tuesday morning, the South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) and the South Carolina Education Oversight Committee (EOC)…

EOC announces 2024 Data Trailblazer Award winners

Columbia, SC – The SC Education Oversight Committee is pleased to announce the following recipients of its first 2024 Data Trailblazer Awards:…

Jeri McCumbee appointed to SC Education Oversight Committee

Columbia, SC- Jeri McCumbee, MEDcare Director of Operations for Myrtle Beach and Tennessee, has been appointed to serve as a member of the South…

Eligible SC four-year-olds can now be registered for CERDEP for the 2024-2025 school year

Potentially 21,000 eligible children in SC are not participating in the Child Early Reading and Development Education Program (CERDEP) funded through…

April is Month of the Military Child

The EOC joined Governor Henry McMaster and SC Superintendent of Education Ellen Weaver at a ceremony declaring April as Month of the Military Child…

SC EOC report finds state-funded, full-day 4K improves Kindergarten Readiness

South Carolina four-year-olds who participate in a state-funded, full-day 4K Child Early Reading and Development Education Program (CERDEP) are more…

EOC welcomes new committee member Russell Baxley

Columbia, SC – Russell Baxley, President and Chief Executive Officer of Beaufort Memorial Hospital, has been appointed to serve as a member of the…

EOC welcomes new committee member Melissa Pender

Columbia, SC – Melissa Pender, Principal of Coosa Elementary School, has been appointed to serve as a member of the South Carolina Education…

National Student Clearinghouse data provides clearer picture of SC high school graduates who enter college

For the current school year, South Carolina high schools do not have to submit a mandatory report detailing the college destinations of their…