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South Carolina. Former teacher. Nonprofit comms, musician, recording engineer/ mixer. https://otherduties.substack.com http://quarklepton.bandcamp.com https://burritowolf.bandcamp.com/album/everybodys-going-to-the-party-tonight
The House has already filed a draft budget, which the Senate is debating this week. And legislators are already trying to file sweeping changes to education policy under “one-year” budget amendments. 1/2
What are Budget Provisos?
South Carolina uses "temporary" budget amendments to create lasting policy without a transparent process.
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ProTruthSC@protruthsc.bsky.social · 9mo agoSC Senators discuss potential (and predictable) violations of SC’s unconstitutional school voucher law. Public funds should benefit students in a way that is transparent and accountable. The new law is neither. youtu.be/hVdf0RhaKTE
Senator Shane Massey discusses what he says may be “a deliberate effort to circumvent the law” by the S.C. Department of Education.
nuzum@nuzum.bsky.social · 9mo agoRead more: otherduties.substack.com/p/a-delibera...
Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed. www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
Detained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizure
The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.
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The big brains behind “parental rights” don’t seem to give a damn about kids. otherduties.substack.com/p/more-yamme...
More Yammering About "Parental Rights"
Content warning: This piece discusses child sexual abuse and other types of child mistreatment.
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Please email 3M1health@schouse.gov by 3PM to share feedback on H. 4757, the so-called “parental rights” censorship bill. 1/
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Faculty at every university instituting these kinds of policies ought to compile every public statement of praise for how great the faculty and curriculum are on your admissions websites, and use those to demand very publicly for mgmt to explain what changed since yesterday. 1/2
Stephanie M. Lee@stephaniemlee.bsky.social · 11mo agoInfo that must be posted: 1. Class name 2. Goals 3. Grading info 4. Materials required for purchase 5. (This is new) "A statement noting that the course engages diverse scholarly perspectives to develop critical thinking, analysis, and debate[,] and inclusion of a reading does not imply endorsement"
Sure, if you want to ban the most books in America, shadow ban AP African American Studies, pay teachers below the SE average (exacerbating historic retention/ recruitment issues), waste $$ each year on unconstitutional voucher laws, and have 1 in 7 schools racially segregated, follow SC's lead.
SC Daily Gazette@scdailygazette.com · 11mo agoUS education secretary touts SC programs as reason to put school control in states’ hands scdailygazette.com/2025/12/16/u... by @sky-latte.bsky.social
The weird coloring and awkward grammar recall the hasty change to the number of children, and the addition of Essie Mae--the daughter he secretly fathered with a 15-year-old Black girl who worked in his family home--on longtime segregationist Strom Thurmond's monument at the SC State House.
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 11mo agoI’m currently outside of the Kennedy Center:
I'll go one further and add that preparation for job skills alone *is* totally compatible with an authoritarian state-capitalist system but doesn't cut it in a system of democratic self-governance where we expect citizens to do more than work on behalf of the regime.
Solomon@solomonrmissouri.com · 2y ago“The purpose of education is so you can get a good job” No it’s not…. Nooooooo it’s not The purpose of education is so you won’t be a dumb ass
1. Measles is ravaging South Carolina. Over 100 people infected, and hundreds more in quarantine. In response, RFK Jr., the nation's top public health official, has been SILENT But it's much worse than that. RFK Jr. and his allies are undermining confidence in the vaccine
As measles ravages South Carolina, RFK Jr. undermines the vaccine
There is a massive measles outbreak spreading rapidly in Upstate South Carolina.
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Beaufort Schools (SC) recently restricted The Handmaid's Tale (and 4 others) after the SC Board of Education pressured them to (again) take up challenges from the one parent who has been seeking to ban 96 books. otherduties.substack.com/p/update-bea...
Update: Beaufort school board restricts Handmaid's Tale and 4 other books
This morning I shared that Beaufort Schools was considering five books due to a parent complaint from Ivey Szalai, who previously challenged 96 books in the district.
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I will GO TO MY GRAVE beating this drum. Republicans (and Democrats) can win on pro-public education platforms in Georgia. The MAJORITY of voters in Georgia send their kids to public schools. Georgia’s 2026 majority will go to whichever party can figure out this nuance first. #GaPol
Jennifer Berkshire@jenniferberkshire.bsky.social · 11mo agoAnother flip by a Dem who ran as a strong supporter of public education. One common theme emerging in these upsets: winning candidates sound nothing like centrists & pundits when it comes to talking about schools. georgiarecorder.com/2025/12/09/d...
The future of vouchers is increasingly opaque. They must hide data because it puts the lie to their arguments: the lie: "they rescue kids from bad public schools" the data: most go to kids already in private school the lie: "they're for the poor children" the data: they mostly go to the well-off
Idaho’s new education tax credit has fewer reporting requirements than similar programs
For instance, the new law doesn’t require the state to report how many recipients were already enrolled in private school. This data would help answer one of the most hotly contested questions surr…
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I don't see a lot of the defense of that OU student's paper engaging with the quality of the writing. (Which, to say the least, undermines the arguments many of her supporters have made in favor of "meritocracy".
Grading that Oklahoma University student's paper
The first reason that we want to cite is to give credit to people’s original ideas and works.
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A local Moms for Liberty chapter’s unsupported claims about the national school counselors organization have been amplified by state officials. The SC Department of Education has evidently removed state counselor standards from its website in response. (PragerU materials are still on the site.)
Moms for Liberty Chapter Attacks School Counselor Standards
The SC Department of Education seems to have quickly moved to pacify M4L.
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Hey, look! I got a professional reviewer* to write an analysis of the cop show** I soundtracked starting in the late 1970's. He let me re-post it in celebration of the soundtrack to the movie being on Bandcamp today! * fictional ** fake otherduties.substack.com/p/beachcop?f...
Beachcop
A retrospective on the troubled series ahead of the upcoming film revival.
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The State Board of Education has called on Beaufort Schools to reconsider book challenges it previously considered. The Board is hearing public comment now. m.youtube.com/watch?v=xq6E...
Beaufort County Board of Education Work Session 8:30AM
YouTube video by BCTV
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The ACLU of South Carolina had the privilege of hosting two legal interns this summer. Today on the blog, we’re highlighting their contributions and asking them to share a little bit about what they learned. www.aclusc.org/en/news/meet...
Meet our 2025 summer legal interns
The ACLU of South Carolina had the privilege of hosting two legal interns this summer. Today on the blog, we’re highlighting their contributions and asking them to share a little bit about what they
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South Carolina becomes the nation’s top book banner.
South Carolina Becomes the Nation's Top Book Banner
The State Board of Education bans an additional ten books from all public schools.
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