In recent weeks, a number of articles have appeared in national media outlets with screaming headlines about how public-school kids are being taught evangelical Christianity....
Carolinas Academic Leadership Network Welcomes Bryce Fiedler as Founding Director
Carolinas Academic Leadership Network (CALN) proudly announces the appointment of Bryce Fiedler as its first Director. Fiedler, formerly a Senior Policy Analyst...
S.C. officials give timeframe on state’s new cellphone ban in schools
If you attended CALN’s training event in Columbia, have visited our website recently, or kept up with South Carolina news,...
School Board Members! Don’t Miss This FREE Training!
On Thursday, July 18 from Noon to 1:30, CALN is hosting a Budget Training for school board members. We will...
CALN Parent Group Named Finalist For SPN Communications Excellence Award
We are thrilled to offer a HUGE Congratulations to our parent group and close friends, the Palmetto Promise Institute (PPI)!...
Does time of day affect student testing performance?
Have you ever taken a late lunch, and after getting back to the office, you feel like your energy and...
CALN Hosts Successful South Carolina School Board Primer
The Carolinas Academic Leadership Network hosted their South Carolina Candidate and Community Primer last Saturday at the South Carolina Public...
A highlight of education changes in S.C.’s pending budget
This past weekend, I had the pleasure of speaking with dozens of school board leaders at CALN’s Candidate and Community...
Graduations on the rise in DJJ school district
While the high school dropout rate in regular South Carolina schools has seen only a small decline over the last...
National Association of Scholars Announces Their Franklin Model K-12 Science Standards
National Association of Scholars | State standards are the single most influential documents in America’s education system. State education departments...
Strategies for helping students improve their math memorization
Even after decades of research, the debate over how best to teach students math memorization (meaning the ability to recall...
Teacher finds success using non-fiction magazines to promote reading
An elementary school teacher in South Carolina’s Lowcountry is using non-fiction magazines to promote the joys of reading and teach...
More states pursuing laws to curb phone use in schools
Of the many issues facing students in the digital age, few are more pressing for education leaders than the proliferation...
