Charter Institute at Erskine
Only Clover and Rock Hill Improved Chronic Absenteeism Every Year in the Available Panel
Correction: An earlier draft overstated what the available data could explain. This version limits the story to verified attendance patterns and moves the article package to its July 21 publication pa...
Nearly Half of SC Districts Hit Record Lows
Richland 01 enrolled 21,468 students in 2025-26. That is fewer than any year since at least 2014-15, a loss of 3,088 from its 12-year peak. It is not alone. Thirty-four of South Carolina's 81 school d...
How a Small College Built SC's Sixth-Largest School District
Erskine College is a 187-year-old liberal arts school in Due West, South Carolina, a town of fewer than 3,000 people. In 2017, it declared itself a charter school authorizer, a move permitted under st...
South Carolina's Recovery Is Over
South Carolina spent four years clawing back every student it lost to COVID. It recovered 148% of its pandemic losses, surpassing its pre-pandemic enrollment and reaching a record 796,780 students in ...