Liz Carey

When Wilson gets to Townville Elementary School, he heads directly to his own room, right beside the library.

It’s estimated that 90 to 95 percent of all child safety seats are installed incorrectly.

South Carolina’s superintendent of education says 30 extra cents a pack for cigarettes isn’t enough.

Two early childhood education centers in Anderson were honored last week by the state for their high performance levels.

When Varennes Academy of Communications and Technology begins its new school year in August, it will be under new leadership.

From a church overflowing with mourners, many standing outside under dismal gray skies, laughter trickled through the open doors of First Baptist Church of Pendleton.

The Board of Trustees for Anderson School District 5 will hold another budget workshop session at 6:30 p.m. on March 30.

Protestors picketing outside the offices of Anderson School District 5 on Tuesday said they want to ensure that the district does not hire illegal immigrants.

According to Anderson School District 5 Superintendent Betty Bagley, even if the district increased class sizes, eliminated computer leases and instituted furloughs, it would still have to find more than $4 million to balance the budget.

The notices are on the doors and Web sites have been updated as the leaders of Anderson County’s Republican and Democratic parties prepare for the opening of filing for the state and local political offices Tuesday.

Primaries to be held in June

More than 75 students gathered Monday morning in the multipurpose room of Pendleton High School to grieve for their classmate.

Upstate schools get fewer public records requests than county government.

The state's students will spend Tuesday and Wednesday taking a statewide assessment test.

Crescent High students visited other countries Friday without ever leaving the school gym.

Organizational guru Deniece Schofield is coming to Anderson to help teach others how to overcome their organizational challenges.

The U.S. Census Bureau is still looking for workers in Pickens and Laurens counties.

Open it. Answer it. Send it back in. Your country, state and county are depending on you.

Next sunny day will be next week, forecasters say

How open is government?

Nevitt Forest Community School of Innovation in Anderson was one of two South Carolina schools awarded $10,000 recently for transforming teaching and learning.

According to the South Carolina Employment Security Commission, unemployment in the state and in Anderson County remains at record levels.

Volunteers have raised more than $190,000 to help Meals on Wheels survive for the next six months.

A resolution proposed by two state school associations calls for legislators to change tax policy or risk significant damage to the education system.

Program prepares students to be competitive from a global perspective

All seven of the buses owned by Anderson School District 3 should have been replaced years ago, an official said Monday.

According to the National Weather Service, Monday’s high temperature was 71.

Gas prices are rising in South Carolina, but not as high as in the rest of the country.

More than 1,000 learning to help thy neighbor

South Carolina Superintendent of Education Jim Rex has scheduled a statewide online faculty meeting to discuss budget cuts.

For the last 19 years, students at Powdersville Middle School have gotten to eat Principal Monty Oxendine’s spaghetti sauce at least once a year.

A truck loaded with more than 15,000 pairs of shoes will leave Friday from the Richard Kay Superstore in Anderson headed to Haiti.

Judge: "one of the most heinous things I've ever seen."

Teachers advised to refrain from having accounts on sites such as Facebook and MySpace

Families could face higher costs for medical bills and insurance

Charged with homicide by child abuse

Students from two Anderson County school districts showed area legislators Wednesday what their school had helped them learn to do.

Anderson County Board of Education members will recommend former board member Shawn McGee to fill Mike Gray’s empty seat.

Biggest need is for people to provide foster care for animals

Map shows states' participation rate

On Friday, a few Crescent High School students rode in on their big green tractors.

Anderson School District 5 will need to trim more than $10 million from its budget, according to its superintendent, for fiscal year 2010-11.

Downtown Anderson festival plans a redesign

Tough times call for tough decisions, legislators say

"They're making choices and learning how to use the machines."

Anderson University’s West African Ensemble had a group of more than 300 students, teachers and parents moving to the beat.

Recent votes in the House of Representatives could affect South Carolina schools and school budgets.

Soon there won’t be any more portable classrooms behind Concrete Elementary School in Easley.

More students are eating breakfast at school, and South Carolina school officials say it’s paying off.

Legislators continued working Tuesday to trim money from South Carolina’s nearly $6 billion budget.