ISIL Freedom Network: South Carolina
Websites
- Carolina Homeschool Parents
Source: Carolina Homeschool Parents Yahoo! club
SC, United States
lissyc3@home.com
- Educational and other links; homeschooling classifieds.
- School Choice 2000: What's Happening in the States: South Carolina
Source: The Heritage Foundation
SC, United States
- Education statistics, the legal context for school choice, and a summary of recent developments in the state. Also provides contact information and links to information in the other states and U.S. territories.
- Philosophy Pages
Source: Garth Kemerling
SC, United States
gkemerling@delphi.com
- Need an explanation of existentialism? Looking for David Hume info? Includes a dictionary, survey of western philosophy, and a link to the Hippias limited search engine for philosophy on the Internet (similar to FMN's own search engine for free-market ideas).
Introductions to Issues
- What Does South Carolina Get for Joining Goals 2000?
Source: South Carolina Policy Council
Author: Michael S. Hubbard
SC, United States
- By joining the federal Goals 2000 program South Carolina received roughly four cents per school day from the federal government for each of the state's 652,500 public school students. But by doing so South Carolina has surrendered control .... Adobe PDF. (7/1/1996)
- National SAT Scores versus Per-Pupil Spending
Source: South Carolina Policy Council
SC, United States
- Chart demonstrates that high spending has no correlation with academic achievement. Of the top ten ranking states in SAT scores, none is among the top ten highest spenders. Adobe PDF. (7/1/1996)
In-Depth Studies
- South Carolina's Jocassee Gorges: private vice or public virtue?
Source: PERC
Author: Jody Lipford, Jerry Slice & Bruce Yandle
SC, United States
- Five years after transfer to state ownership, the South Carolina Sierra Club included the Jocassee Gorges in its list of "special places" list that highlights beautiful but threatened lands. The Sierra Club concluded that poor management by the state's Department of Natural Resources endangered the preservation of the property. This paper explores why government ownership has failed. (08/27/02)
- Alternative environmental dispute resolution in South Carolina
Source: South Carolina Sustainable Universities Initiative
Author: Sean Blacklocke
SC, United States
- Like many states, South Carolina has a growing population. And more people wanting higher salaries, better education, and a cleaner environment means more people engaging in more disputes. Proposed is an alternative to more regulation -- more innovation. Available in Adobe PDF format. (03/00)
- Why South Carolina Should Drop Out of Goals 2000
Source: Independence Institute
Author: Sheldon Richman
SC, United States
- Montana, Alabama, California, Virginia, and New Hampshire have already dropped out of Goals 2000. South Carolina should recognize what those states have: that Goals 2000 will lead to more intrusion by the federal government and ultimately federal government control over curriculum. See also 21134d.pdf. Adobe PDF. (1996)
- Welfare reform in South Carolina: A preliminary analysis
Source: Strom Thurmond Institute
Author: Curtis J. Simon
SC, United States
- Dr. Curtis Simon of Clemson University takes an early look at how national welfare reform has affected welfare caseloads in the state of South Carolina. In Adobe PDF format. (10/99)
Contests and Scholarships
- PACE Foundation: A CEO America Affiliate Program
Source: CEO America
Columbia, SC, United States
- Jonathon Hudgens, Executive Director; 1323 Pendleton Street,
Columbia, SC 29201; 803-254-1201 Fax 803-779-4953. Most private voucher programs affiliated with Children's Educational Opportunity Foundation have been established by individuals wishing to promote educational choice. For details, contact the program in your area.
Periodicals
- Privacy Villain of the Week, 2/13/04
Source: NCCP
Author: James Plummer
SC, United States
- "Is giving the Nanny State the keys to our medicine cabinet really going to wipe out prescription drug abuse? Of course not. Bureaucrats and cops cannot take the place of doctors, pastors, and family. But that is of no consequence for Privacy Villains ..."
- Privacy Villain of the Week, 12/15/03
Source: NCCP
Author: James Plummer
SC, United States
- "Seventeen high school students have launched a federal lawsuit against a number of persons and institutions in South Carolina. The legal ruckus arises from a fruitless, over-the-top police search of Stratford High School last month."
- The Voluntaryist
Source: The Voluntaryist
Gramling, SC, United States
vlntryst@aol.com
- "Voluntaryists are advocates of non-political, non-violent strategies to achieve a free society. We reject electoral politics, in theory and in practice, as incompatible with libertarian principles." The Voluntaryist has been covering these ideas since 1982. Contributors have included Wendy McElroy, Harry Browne, Randy Barnett, and George H. Smith.
- The Voluntaryist
Source: The Voluntaryist
Grambling, SC, United States
- "Voluntaryists are advocates of non-political strategies to achieve a free society. We reject electoral politics, in theory and in practice, as incompatible with libertarian principles." The Voluntaryist a bi-monthly publication.
Organizations
- New Banner Institute
Source: The New Banner Institute, Inc.
Columbia, SC, United States
AdminOff@NewBanner.com
- Seminars in philosophic inquiry: Open forum, logical analysis, and fundamental research in metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, psychology, economics, political science, aesthetics, cognitive sciences, and early childhood education.
- The Lighthouse Charter School
Source: TLCS
Hilton Head, SC, United States
jmr@hargray.com
- Charter school.
- Greenville Technical Charter High School
Source: GTCHS
Greenville, SC, United States
- Charter school.
- South Carolina charter schools
Source: U.S. Charter Schools
SC, United States
- Profiles of charter schools in the state.
- South Carolina Association of Independent Home Schools
Source: SCAIHS
SC, United States
SCAIHS@scaihs.org
- Resources and support for homeschoolers. 930 Knox Abbott Drive, Cayce, SC 29033. Phone: 803-454-0427. Fax: 803-454-0428.
- South Carolina Home Educators Association
Source: SCHEA
SC, United States
- Resources and support for homeschoolers. P.O. Box 3231, Columbia, SC 29230-3231. Phone: (803) 754-6425.
- Center for Policy and Legal Studies
Source: Clemson University
SC, United States
yandle@clemson.edu
- Clemson's Center for Policy and Legal Studies is led by Dr. Bruce Yandle. The Center supports students and produces books, reports, and conferences on free market environmentalism and related issues.
- Southern Anti-Defamation League
Source: SADL
Author: Virgil Huston
Columbia, SC, United States
huston@bigotwatch.org
- The Southern Anti-Defamation League seeks to fight television, movie, print, and Internet media that portray Southerners negatively. Events are reported via e-mail alerts, with contact information for activist action.
- Libertarian Party of South Carolina
Source: LP of South Carolina
Columbia, SC, United States
- Affiliate of the National LP for the State of South Carolina. Find out how to become a member, or browse their bulletin board.
- Federalist Society of South Carolina
Source: University of South Carolina School of Law
Columbia, SC, United States
- USC chapter of the national Federalist Society.
- South Carolina League of the South
Source: SCLS
Columbia, SC, United States
huston@palmetto.org
- Advocates of the recreation of an independent Southern Republic, "governed as the Constitution intended."
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