School Watch

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina ranks second in a national study of online education.

Blair, SC (WLTX) -- It's a classroom without desks, walls or even a ceiling, and in one day, volunteers in Fairfield County built an outdoor classroom for McCrorey-Liston Elementary School students.

Columbia (WLTX) - Many might say cursive writing is going out of style, but still some parents fear it isn't emphasized enough or even at all in school anymore.

Columbia (WLTX) -- One Dreher High School english teacher is helping students excel long after they leave her classroom.

Chapin, SC -- It's the kind of science project a kid might only dream of, until now, as Chapin High School tries to see what happens to butterflies in zero gravity.

(USA Today) RACINE, Wis. - Students at Starbuck Middle School stumbled through the halls just after lunch on Oct. 31, 2007, holding their bellies and moaning. When the vomiting began, teachers knew that it wasn't a Halloween prank.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina college students are doing their part to raise awareness of hunger and homelessness nationwide as the holiday season approaches.

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- Students from across the Southeast are gathering at Duke University to learn about Israel.

Columbia (WLTX) -- According to a survey conducted by the South Carolina Department of Education, students, parents and teachers involved in single-gender programs are loving it.