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  • South Carolina’s Jasper County turns to its community, not the state, to improve its public schools via @AJAM
  • HI FROM MYRTLE BEACH! how's summer going? South Carolina schools start wednesday! you ready for your junior year?!
  • Verdict looms for schools in South Carolina's 'Corridor of Shame' via @ajam
  • Great that nonprofits/churches support SC education; would be nice if gvt spending was adequate in the first place.
  • Verdict looms for public education in South Carolina's Corridor of Shame via @ajam
  • One student's letter to capture Obama's attention was just the beginning of a complicated story via @ajam
  • RT @cooleyrj: South Carolina's Corridor of Shame | Al Jazeera America
  • South Carolina's Corridor of Shame | Al Jazeera America
  • Truly pathetic >> Verdict looms for public education in South Carolina's Corridor of Shame via @ajam
  • you extend your mercy with the hand of liberality,
  • Verdict looms for public education in South Carolina's Corridor of Shame via @ajam - hate the name though
  • Apples to Apples: South Carolina Schools Rank Higher
  • “Without the ability to read and write, a student is set up for failure and most likely will drop out of school,”
  • One student's letter to capture Obama's attention was just the beginning of a complicated story via @ajam #SC
  • Part 2 of Al Jazeera America's 3-part look at South Carolina's "Corridor of Shame": #chs
  • RT @OccupyTheBronx: ‘We Are Not Quitters' Student's Letter Brings Shame and Change #Struggle #RaceRelations #Disparity #Education #Change h…
  • ‘We Are Not Quitters' Student's Letter Brings Shame and Change #Struggle #RaceRelations #Disparity #Education #Change
  • Verdict looms for public education in South Carolina's Corridor of Shame via @ajam @GullahGeechee
  • RT @RioSlade: 42% of black eighth-grade students were below basic reading levels compared with 18% of white students.
  • RT @RioSlade: About 38 percent of SC's 4th graders are functionally illiterate, while nearly three quarters read below grade level
  • The Republican gov “basically said ‘no’ to any additional funding, federal or state, for public education,” Rex said
  • “There does seem to be a tolerance in our state to accept poorer conditions for our black children...”
  • The situation has gotten so dire that Rogers has had to hire international teachers in core subjects like English
  • New teacher recruitment hasn’t kept pace with the impending wave of teacher retirements. 
  • RT @RioSlade: “Without the ability to read and write, a student is set up for failure and most likely will drop out of school,”
  • 42% of black eighth-grade students were below basic reading levels compared with 18% of white students.
  • “There is a huge achievement gap between Caucasian students and African-American students,” she said.
  • RT @RioSlade: In 1993, 36 of the state’s poorest rural school districts joined together to sue the State of South Carolina
  • RT @RioSlade: South Carolina’s “Corridor of Shame,” is the region of rural, impoverished school districts mainly along I-95
  • RT @RioSlade: "There’s no question that this is one of the most delayed rulings in our history,” said attorney Carl Epps.
  • About 38 percent of SC's 4th graders are functionally illiterate, while nearly three quarters read below grade level
  • RT @RioSlade: Verdict Looms for Education in 'Corridor of Shame
  • RT @RioSlade: The Corridor of Shame is poor, with a population that is 88% minority compared to the state average of 48%.
  • There was little $ in the budget to raise starting teacher salary to dissuade them from leaving for other schools
  • The fire marshal condemned the auditorium.
  • There was no heat in the winter and leaks splashed down from the roof when it rained.
  • "We can’t abandon these children, irrespective of whether we win this case or not,” Epps said. 
  • In this case, race and poverty are indistinguishable, Epps said.
  • Early on in the Abbeville case, the court forced the plaintiffs to focus arguments on poverty (not racism)
  • "There’s no question that this is one of the most delayed rulings in our history,” said attorney Carl Epps.
  • The case — Abbeville County School District vs. The State of South Carolina — is the longest in the state’s history
  • In 1993, 36 of the state’s poorest rural school districts joined together to sue the State of South Carolina
  • The Corridor of Shame is poor, with a population that is 88% minority compared to the state average of 48%.
  • South Carolina’s “Corridor of Shame,” is the region of rural, impoverished school districts mainly along I-95