2005 News Releases

• EOC statement regarding science content standards (December 15)
• EOC votes to defer decision on indicators within biology content standards (December 13)
• EOC recommends "shared services" approach to meet long-term needs of students and schools (December 12)
• Staton receives Order of the Silver Crescent (December 12)
• SC Notables share memories of favorite teachers
  (November 15)
• SDE and EOC release 2005 School and District Report Cards
  (November 10)
• Unique Five Year Study shows student achievement improving in Math but slipping in English & Language Arts (October 10)
• Common Ground to put focus on education in SC, 2020 & Beyond (September)
• Senator Kent Williams and Karen Iacovelli newest members of EOC (September)
• Summit to focus on moving SC's students toward reading success (September)
• Common Ground to focus on education in SC, 2020 & Beyond
  (August 29)
• Rep. William F. "Bill" Cotty newest member of the EOC (July 11)
• Student Reading Skills (June 16)
• 132 SC Elementary and Middle Schools identified in EOC study as reducing the achievement gap (June 13)
• EOC welcomes two new members (February 16)
• Accountability system praised for encouraging higher achievement (January 5)