South Carolina – Education Organizations

South Carolina SC Organizations SC Education Organizations

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SC Education Organizations

• Alliance for Women

• Bridge of Hope Learning Center - North Charleston
  
• Buying South Carolina - blog exposes New York real estate investor Howard Rich's contributions to SC candidates in exchange for their support of his plans to privatize SC public schools via school vouchers
  

• Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention and Advancement
  
• Children's Book Bank of South Carolina - Greenville and Spartanburg counties - collects books and distributes them to at-risk children
  
• Chucktown Squash - Charleston - combining squash instruction with academic tutoring
  
• Communities In Schools of the Charleston Area
• Communities In Schools of the Midlands
  
• Corridor of Shame - 2005 documentary illuminating disparities in schools along the I-95 corridor in South Carolina
  
  
• EnTech - Engineering and Technology of Greenville County

• Grace Association of Private Schools

• Head Start - works with preschool aged children to promote school readiness
  – Program locator - searchable database
  
• Healing Species - violence intervention curriculum using rescued, stray dogs
  
• Home schooling accountability and support groups
• Horry County Literacy Council

• IF Foundation - working to improve public education in SC
  

• Junior Achievement of Coastal South Carolina - serving Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Hampton, Horry, and Jasper counties
  

• Kids Chance of SC - provides scholarships and support to the dependents of South Carolina workers who have been seriously or fatally injured in work-related accidents
  

• Lancaster Area Literacy Cooperative
• LifeManagement Center - Charleston and Walterboro - serving those with learning disabilities and ADHD
  
• Limos for Learning - promoting literacy among elementary children
  

• Midlands Education and Business Alliance
  

• National Beta Club - headquartered in Spartanburg
  
• National Educational Telecommunications Association - Columbia
  

• Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Clemson University - academic and recreational courses for seniors
  

• Palmetto Technology Initiative - pilot project with a long-term goal of providing all elementary school children in SC with low-cost, child-friendly laptops for educational purposes
  
• ParentSmart Family Resource Center - Rock Hill - enriching parents and their impact on their children's education
  
• Pee Dee Education Center
• Personal Pathways to Success - resources for K-12 students to learn about education and career options
  
• Public Charter School Alliance of South Carolina
  
• Public Education Partners - Aiken County
• Public Education Partners - Greenville County

• Reach Out and Read South Carolina - promoting childhood reading as part of medical clinic visits
  
• Ready 4 Reading - Greenville - fostering a love reading in newborns through 48 month olds
  
  
• SC Economics - helping K12 teachers teach economics
  
• The School Foundation - fostering education in Florence School District 1
  
• South Carolina Academy of Science
• South Carolina Afterschool Alliance
• South Carolina Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance
• South Carolina Alliance of Black School Educators
• South Carolina Association for Educational Technology
• South Carolina Association for the Education of Young Children
• South Carolina Association for Institutional Research
  
• South Carolina Association for Pupil Transportation - SCAPT
• South Carolina Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
  
• South Carolina Association of Christian Schools
• South Carolina Association of Independent Home Schools
• South Carolina Association of School Administrators
• South Carolina Association of School Librarians
• South Carolina Association of School Psychologists
• South Carolina Council for African American Studies
  
• South Carolina Council for Conflict Resolution
• South Carolina Council for the Social Studies
• South Carolina Education Association
• South Carolina Education Oversight Committee
• South Carolina Future Business Leaders of America
• South Carolina Future Minds - working to improve public education in SC
  
• South Carolina Geographic Alliance
• South Carolina High School League
• South Carolina Higher Education Assessment Network
  
• South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities
• South Carolina Independent School Association
• South Carolina Maritime Foundation - "Spirit of South Carolina" Tall Ship Project
  
• South Carolina Middle School Association
• South Carolina Music Educators Association
• South Carolina PTA
• South Carolina School Boards Association
• South Carolina Science Council
• South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium - state agency
• South Carolina State Council of the International Reading Association - promotes literacy
  
• South Carolina State Plant Management Association
  

• Teaching American History in South Carolina - professional development for SC teachers via workshops and classroom resources
  
• Team for Early Childhood Solutions - USC School of Medicine
  
• Trident Literacy Association - Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties
  
• Turning Pages - formerly Greater Columbia Literacy Council
  

Related US Education Resources

• DonorsChoose - teachers submit ideas for materials and experiences their students need