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Good Schools Take More Than Money

Jerry Jewler
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Several times a week, I am one of a number of volunteer docents at the State Museum who conduct tours for hundreds of students from all over South Carolina. Some groups arrive well ahead of a scheduled tour so that students can enjoy a full hour in the museum with us...

The Next Big Thing

Amy L. Boyd Green
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A new generation of scholars may have discovered, "the next big thing." With snapshots of the brain at work, including brain image technology, Harvard has continued to host a seminar on cognitive theory and the arts since the fall of 2000...

John G. Richards Reformed School

George Green
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It all started in the 1960s, when I was a 13-year-old boy living here in Columbia, SC. John G. Richards Reformed School was an alternative school for Negro Boys and I attended this school for two years of my life...

In an earlier posting we reported on the project known as "Education Friendly Community" in Summerton, SC where a group of citizens have come together to see what they can do to enhance the educational process in Clarendon School District One...

The College Years

Thelma Salmond
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When I was at Benedict College in the 1950's, the student body was approximately 600. Most of the students knew each other. I did not live on campus. At the time there were four women dorms and one male dorm. My college years were some of my best years. I am a third generation college student. I was involved in various organizations such as the concert choir and I became a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. The concert choir was great...it was one of the things that I liked to do. Singing was one of the gifts that I received from my father...

What is BGTIME?

Senior citizens in our community have much to contribute to the civic dialogue. However, many seniors lack the skills and opportunities necessary to use all the tools available to them to tell their stories. The BGTIME program was developed to help bridge this divide between senior citizens and digital media. More

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