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Deb Marks appointed to serve on EOC

Columbia – Deb Marks, Vice President of Operations and Program Director for SC Parents’ Involved in Education, has been appointed to serve as the…

EOC Launches SC Standards Review Website

Today, the SC Education Oversight Committee (EOC) launched a website, http://scstandards.org, for South Carolina citizens to offer comments on the…

EOC commends school for exceptional performance

Today the South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) released the winners of the Palmetto Gold and Silver Award program. These results are based…

David Whittemore elected to lead EOC as new chairman

EDITOR’S NOTE: The EOC held a full committee meeting February 10, 2014. The election of chair and vice-chair occurred at this meeting. Columbia –…

Governor Haley makes two appointments to EOC

Columbia – Anne Bull, a supervisor of teacher education, and MargaretAnne Gaffney, owner and director of a Lexington child development center, have…

Data and program quality issues persist amid expansion of program for at-risk four-year-olds

Editor’s Note: Copies of the “Report on the Implementation and Expansion of the Child Development Education Pilot Program (CDEPP),” can be found…

Rock Hill educator appointed to EOC

Columbia – Patti Tate, a Program Coordinator of English and Social Studies at Northwestern High School in Rock Hill, has been appointed to serve as…

Dr. Rainey Knight to work with the EOC

Columbia – Former Superintendent of Darlington County Schools, Dr. Rainey Knight, has been hired to provide professional consulting services to the…

Barbara Hairfield re-appointed to serve on EOC

Columbia – Barbara B. Hairfield, an educator from Charleston, has been reappointed to serve on the Education Oversight Committee (EOC). Hairfield is…

Senator John Matthews, Jr. appointed to EOC

Columbia – Senator John Matthews, Jr., has been appointed to serve as the newest member of the South Carolina Education Oversight Committee (EOC).…