NEW for 8/14:

SCETV and education; Floyd Breeland; Classroom teaching

INSIDE ISSUE 19.33 |  Aug. 14, 2020 

• BIG STORY: SCETV is helping gaps in teaching with remote learning 

• NEWS BRIEFS: Testing, testing, one, too few being done, lawmakers say

• COMMENTARY, Brack: Remembering Floyd Breeland’s life of exemplary service

• SPOTLIGHT: S.C. Hospital Association

• ANOTHER VIEW, West: To be or not be in person in the classroom

• FEEDBACK: Great piece on school choice

• MYSTERY PHOTO: Spaghetti roadways

• HISTORY:  More Charleston firsts

• Read more.

SPOTLIGHT:

S.C. Hospital Association

This week's spotlighted underwriter is the South Carolina Hospital Association, the Palmetto State's foremost advocate on healthcare issues affecting South Carolinians. Read more.

BIG STORY:

SCETV is helping gaps in teaching with remote learning

By Lindsay Street, Statehouse correspondent | South Carolina has long invested in infrastructure that is becoming  pivotal for public school students learning at home in the pandemic: television.

South Carolina Educational Television (SCETV)’s public broadcasting is known for helping young children learn from “Sesame Street” and “Super Why,” but its role shifted to aiding teachers with remote-learning in the early days of the coronavirus in the state. Read more.

NEWS BRIEFS:

Testing, testing, one, too few being done, lawmakers say

By Lindsay Street, Statehouse correspondent | South Carolina is seeing fewer and fewer coronavirus tests conducted, and the testing being done is experiencing delays, state lawmakers said this week. Read more.

BRACK:

Remembering Breeland’s life of exemplary service

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher  |  They called him Big Thunder. His rich baritone soared when he talked and resonated even more when he sang.

Former state Rep. Floyd Breeland, who passed away Tuesday at 87, loved public service, first as a teacher, then as a high school administrator and finally in the Statehouse.  After representing the Charleston peninsula from 1993 to 2007, he continued to serve by running a College of Charleston program to encourage young Black men to be teachers and role models for kids. Read more.

ANOTHER VIEW, West:

To be or not be in person in the classroom

By Gary West, special to Statehouse Report  |  On July 15, 2020, Gov. Henry McMaster lobbied for opening schools for all of South Carolina’s children – full classrooms, full-time, five days a week – while the pandemic continues to spread faster and farther.  Read more.

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— Andy Brack, editor and publisher

MYSTERY PHOTO:

Spaghetti roadways

Here’s a combobulation of roadways.  Where is it?  Know anything else about it? Send your best guess of what it is as well as something about it.  Send to feedback@statehousereport.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our previous Mystery Photo: Our Aug. 7 photo, “Where’s this place?” shows the former Southern Bleachery and Piedmont Print Works in Taylors, which has been redeveloped as Taylors Mill, which includes creative spaces, a brewery and restaurant.   Read more.

350 FACTS:

More Charleston firsts

350 Facts About Charleston, a new book of historical facts commemorating the 350th anniversary of the city of Charleston, will be available in print in mid-September.  Published by the staff of sister publication, Charleston City Paper, you can pre-order a copy today. Read more.