South Carolina ranks 48th in the nation in education!!! The state’s school test scores and graduation rates are terrible! Only West Virginia and Mississippi are worse.
The average teacher’s pay in South Carolina is $53,000. The national average is $65,000.
Yet recently a survey in South Carolina revealed that 33+ high school football coaches are paid in excess of $112,000 annually. Of course, all are teachers, many with years of experience and some with AD (12 of 33) responsibility.
These facts are an excellent example of what is wrong with education in high schools. Paying a football coach about $40,000 to $50,000/year extra to coach a sport for 4 months is absurd. That’s $10,000/month!!
This does not include the salaries of the various assistant coaches!
I guess this means it is ok the have extremely low test scores in math and reading if you have a good football team. I think South Carolina has things backward. What benefit is it to the student body to have a good football team???
Having excellent math skills and reading skills is a benefit to all students, and to South Carolina. Ranking 48th of 50 states is awful! Period!
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