Charleston County School District CFO Mike Bobby says the school district is handing out about 3,000 contracts to teachers Friday for next year.  That leaves about 370 wondering if they will have a job.

Authorities say a federal grant will help bring teachers to a rural South Carolina school district by providing them an affordable housing near their job.

The College of Charleston is hosting pathways to education, an open house for anyone interested in teaching in South Carolina.

The education chairwoman at South Carolina State University says she wants to help bridge an unintentional cultural divide in poor school districts between white teachers and black students.

South Carolina is fourth in the nation in the number of teachers who earned National Board certification in the past year.

State schools Superintendent Jim Rex sent an e-mail to employees Wednesday explaining the mandatory furloughs.

An investigation by NBC affiliate WCNC uncovered pictures and comments on Facebook.com that even Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools district leaders admit are “inappropriate.“

A troubled economy and falling tax revenues mean problems for public education.

Rex has advocated measures to prevent and punish cases of students abused by adults since last fall, following a nationwide Associated Press investigation.

The chief of South Carolina’s public schools is renewing his call for legislation that would strengthen penalties against school employees who sexually abuse students.

Some teachers say Charleston County school officials didn’t allow snacks or breaks during standardized testing this year at an inner-city school where test scores once shot up, but then dropped.

South Carolina schools Superintendent Jim Rex will present the results during Wednesday’s state school board meeting.

A group of teachers in New Jersey were meeting in a school library when suddenly a man with a gun bursts in and starts shooting!  Turns out, it’s all a drill.

On the presidential campaign trail today, Barack Obama is hitting back against John McCain.  For the first time the word “lying” has come into this campaign.