COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– SC for Ed is hosting an event tomorrow to protest after House lawmakers did not pass the Senate’s bill which would have given teachers and state employees a pay raise. The ‘Stand Up and Step Out’ event will start at 9 a.m. Wednesday over a Facebook live on SC for Ed’s Facebook page. Officials want teachers to…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Happening today: SC For Ed will host a Statewide Motor March Protest on Monday. According to organizers, they will push for virtual learning, until safe, as the school year begins. The drive will take a route that passes the Governor’s Mansion and the State House. Organizers are asking for participants to decorate their cars. The teacher organization…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– SC For Ed says it plans a Statewide Motor March Protest on Monday. According to organizers, they will push for virtual learning, until safe, as the school year begins. The drive will take a route that passes the Governor’s Mansion and the State House. Organizers are asking for participants to decorate their cars. The teacher organization says…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) –Hundreds of teachers came to the State House Wednesday to have conversations with lawmakers about the state of public education in South Carolina. Several teachers spoke about, among other things, needing a Teachers Bill of Rights, which is something that has been discussed over the past week, but was put on hold Tuesday night and voted down…
The Senate Education Committee listened to dozens of teachers voice their concerns about the state of education in South Carolina.
In his ten years studying the history of teacher and student activism, USC Associate Professor Jon Hale says the number of teachers coming together to protest is unprecedented.
