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Education

Haiti President Rene Preval met with President Barack Obama and Congress this week to discuss Haiti’s most-pressing needs. Relief workers and U.S. government officials say that Haiti is far from recovered after an earthquake January 12 crumbled the country’s infrastructure. The Haitian government estimates that 230,000 died because of the disaster.

Students on road to Cange

A team of Clemson University civil engineering students are working in that troubled island over the next week.  They will be working in Cange, a remote village two hours from Port-au-Prince.They are prepared for that they might face because they were helping Haiti before the quake hit.

Adam Delk is a graduate  student and we talked to him Friday about the trip made by Clemson Engineers for Developing Countries.

(Adam Delk explains their long-term work in Cange MP3 2:47)

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School leaders rally at Statehouse (Audio)

by William Christopher 03/11/10 5:01 AM

School Board members and district superintendents from all over South Carolina gathered at the Statehouse Wednesday to protest the cuts to education and call for state lawmakers to address the funding crisis by finding ways to raise revenues.
Zona Jefferson with the State Association of School Administrators said that local districts have done their part, to reduce costs [...]

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SC educator joins superintendent race

by Michael Brown 03/9/10 12:54 PM

A former Dean of South Carolina State University launched his bid for South Carolina Superintendent of Education Tuesday. Tom Thompson says he has a message he wants to get across: “If we in the public education system do the job that we are suppose to do with young people, then there will be no need [...]

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Rex talks to faculty about school cuts

by William Christopher 03/9/10 4:59 AM

State Superintendent of Education Jim Rex held an on-line meeting with South Carolina educators Monday to discuss current and pending budget cuts.
Rex says it’s the worst funding situation he has heard of. After this year’s cuts, the revenue will returned to the level where it was in 1995.
Rex says the positions of around 1400 teachers [...]

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SC House member to recommend re-using school construction plans (Audio)

by William Christopher 03/9/10 4:57 AM

Legislation may be coming before a House subcommittee this week that at least one lawmaker says could save $212 million dollars in education construction costs over a period of only a few years.
Anderson County Republican Don Bowen is drawing up the bill that would mandate the purchase of uniform school architectural plans, which he says [...]

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