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Bv JIM LaFEMINA
Staff Writer
SC. Superintendent of
Education Charles G.
Williams told a small
gathering at the
Clariosophic Hall Wednesday
night the biggest
educational problem of the
state is its "slow developing
economy."
"Throughout the history of
South Carolina, we have
methodically undereducated
from one third to 40 percent
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fit the labor needs of the
state," he said.
Williams began his lecture
with some hard-line facts
about the state and where it
ranks among the rest of the
nation. South Carolina, he
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country in categories such as
aggravated assault and
.burglary, while taking the
number three position in the
area of illiteracy.
The state also ranks last in
average life expectancy and
46th in the percentage of its
population which has
completed a college
education.
Williams, who earned both
his masters' degree and
doctorate at USC, said South
Carolina's history has never
called for a degree in higher
education.
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has operated for many
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He pointed out, however,
hat in the last 10 to 12 years
South Carolina has been
moving toward a system of
nclusion "for the first time
in the state's 300-year
history."
"More children are
receiving a better education
today than in the state's
entire history," he said.
Williams then turned the
subject toward a recent
article in The State
newspaper, which said South
Carolina students rank
lowest nationally in SAT
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He pointed out that 50
percent of all South Carolina
high school seniors take the
exam, where as in some
states, Alabama for
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Also, it was found that
students from lower income
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Williams also stated that,
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steadily decreasing since
1963."
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what has been done to South
Carolina's public school
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last four or five generations,
and it may take just as long
to straighten everything out.
"People are looking for a
miracle cure which does not
exist. And you cannot blame
the kids. Some of these kids
got behind when their
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S.C. Superintendent of
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