Three Cheers for Free Speech Though a few decades have passed since I matriculated “where the Blue Ridge yawns its greatness,” I am quite certain that during my undergraduate years at Clemson there was an openness to a wide range of opinion. The dominant view among faculty, administration, and students was that college should be
“The opportunity to say we have a choice,” is all Lisa and Paul Priest, a family of three from Dillon ask for when it comes to their daughter’s education.
Education savings accounts are the norm. Unions are left defending assigned schools’ limited—discriminatory, even—reach.
We will continue the fight for Education Scholarship Accounts, but after the Senate’s action, thousands of children who desperately need a choice won’t have one.
How far would you be willing to drive to ensure your child has a promising future? For Brittany and Jeremy McNeil, a Marine family of six from Conway, SC, that answer was a 98-mile drive every Thursday for a year and a half to the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.
When he went to work for Shell Oil Company in 1968, he didn’t know that he would come to own a chain of 80 Spinx gas stations and convenience stores that, this year, will have its 50th anniversary.
At Palmetto Promise, we celebrate all types of students and all forms of schooling. This week, we’re highlighting the 40,000 South Carolina students who receive their education at one of the 81 public charter schools in the state.
The Center Square quotes PPI senior fellow Dr. Oran Smith in this article on the state's ESA bill.
Americans for Tax Reform's Patrick Gleason writes in Forbes about South Carolina's ESA bill, citing Palmetto Promise's research on ESAs.
Education Scholarship Accounts, the most flexible, parent-controlled, accountable form of private school choice, are sweeping the nation. Here, we help separate fact from fiction with some straight talk on South Carolina's ESA efforts.
