Legislative Update: We Have Business Everywhere!

March 29, 2018

The story is told of the Texas oil man who approached the counter at DFW airport. When the ticket agent asks him “Where to?” he replies, “It doesn’t matter, I got business everywhere.” That sounds like Palmetto Promise Institute! Here is a pre-Easter “business everywhere” legislative report. ESA: Hearing Date Set. The hottest school choice initiative in

Santee Cooper’s Uncertain Future

Energy
March 20, 2018

A Historical, Policy, and Financial Analysis of the South Carolina Public Service Authority This is the executive summary of a larger report. Download the full report here (49 pages). As the sheer magnitude of the V.C. Summer Units 2 and 3 nuclear abandonment, the largest financial disaster in South Carolina history, comes more into focus,

What actually makes poverty escapable

March 8, 2018

Yesterday, I had a chance to speak to the Senate Human Services Subcommittee about three short – but powerful – bills that represent a compassionate, common-sense step towards making a South Carolina a state where every person has the opportunity to reach their full, God-given potential. In the throws and aftermath of the 2008 recession,

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January 31, 2017

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Florida’s K-3 Reading Success

January 15, 2013

Palmetto Promise Institute is all about bringing forward practical solutions from across our nation. Florida has done an incredible job of transforming their education system and one of the huge victories they've had is in regards to the return on investment they've seen in their K-3 reading results. Click below for the full report on Florida's success and how we can follow their lead to realize similar results.