Education

STEM Premier, a Mount Pleasant-based online platform focused on connecting workers with jobs, garnered a $9 million strategic investment from K12 Inc., an online curriculum provider. … Read More

S.C. school districts will split $304,000 to help educate students displaced by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria and the 2017 California wildfires. The districts include Colleton, Beaufort, Anderson 5, York 3 and Clarendon 1. … Read More

Michelle LaRoche has been named the university’s first Baldwin Business and Financial Chair in Journalism. She is the former development editor for The Wall Street Journal and spent 21 years with Dow Jones Newswires. … Read More

Dick Riley, former S.C. governor and U.S. Secretary of Education, recalled the 1984 passage of the South Carolina Education Improvement Act during the opening of the Richard W. Riley Collection at the University of South Carolina. … Read More

The event, to be held Oct. 9 at the USC Alumni Center, will feature a diverse roster of 12 speakers addressing topics from law enforcement to depression research to smart home technology. … Read More