School starts back August 17th or 18th in most of South Carolina’s 85 school districts. Only 16 districts begin August 19 and after. Pickens County is the last, starting on September 1. Fifteen high school and college faculty members from across the state are at the forefront of a ground-breaking initiative designed to increase connections between high school courses and entry-level college and technical education courses. The program will be implemented statewide the following year.
Valerie Harrison serves as Deputy Superintendent for Standards and Learning. She says the South Carolina Course Alignment Project is the first of its kind in the nation. “The goal of the project is make sure there is an understanding of the expectations of students as they enter higher education, that high school teachers are clear.”
Harrison says the program is also intended to be a learning experience for college and tech school professors. [click to continue…]
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