{"id":1986032,"date":"2023-07-29T22:48:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T02:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-carolina-superintendent-of-education-stirs-controversy-over-god-given-potential-prompt\/"},"modified":"2023-07-29T22:49:10","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T02:49:10","slug":"south-carolina-superintendent-of-education-stirs-controversy-over-god-given-potential-prompt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-carolina-superintendent-of-education-stirs-controversy-over-god-given-potential-prompt\/","title":{"rendered":"Controversy sparked by SC Superintendent&#8217;s &#8220;God-given potential&#8221; prompt."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsouth-carolina-superintendent-of-education-stirs-controversy-over-god-given-potential-prompt%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1986032&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>South Carolina Department of \u200dEducation Faces \u200dCriticism Over Controversial\u200d Email<\/h2>\n<p>The head of South Carolina&#8217;s Department\u200d of Education is under fire following\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-cori-bush-rushes-to-defense-of-very-violent-criminals-rioting-attacking-guard-in-jail\/\" title=\"Democrat Cori Bush Rushes To Defense Of \u2018Very Violent\u2019 Criminals Rioting, Attacking Guard In Jail\">concerns raised<\/a> about \u200cpotential First Amendment\u200b violations. Local media has \u2064shed light on an email sent to employees, sparking a wave of criticism.<\/p>\n<p>The email was sent ahead of \u200can upcoming Q-and-A \u200dmeeting\u200d and requested employees attending to share their goals \u2062for\u200d their students. However,\u200d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-carolina-superintendent-of-education-stirs-controversy-over-god-given-potential-prompt\/\" title=\"Controversy sparked by SC Superintendent's \"God-given potential\" prompt.\">email raised eyebrows due<\/a> to its reference\u2064 to &#8220;God&#8221; in the \u2063prompt.<\/p>\n<h3>Controversial Prompt Raises Concerns<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I believe it is essential\u200d for \u2063SCDE to provide ______ for every\u200c child to reach their full, God-Given potential.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Recipients of the email, which was sent earlier this \u200cmonth, were instructed to\u2064 state their name, role, \u2063and fill in \u200cthe blank with their response. The email \u2064was sent by Llewellyn Sheally, the interim director of the Office\u200d of Assessment and Standards within the SCDE. Sheally clarified that the prompt was\u200b written by Superintendent \u200dEllen \u2063Weaver and was intended \u200bfor \u2062internal\u200d employees, not teachers.<\/p>\n<h3>Constitutional Concerns Raised<\/h3>\n<p>A Constitutional lawyer, quoted in\u2062 a news report, criticized the email as a\u200c violation \u200cof\u200c the First Amendment. They argued that the \u200dstate imposing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/7-of-the-most-cringeworthy-religious-mishaps-from-leading-leftists\/\" title=\"7 Of The Most Cringeworthy Religious Mishaps From Leading Leftists\">religious test<\/a> \u2062on \u200cemployees is unconstitutional. \u200bThe lawyer emphasized that\u200b the \u200dFirst Amendment protects\u200d individuals&#8217; freedom to practice religion \u200das they choose, including \u200dthe freedom not to have a religion or acknowledge one imposed by the\u2064 state.<\/p>\n<p>The SCDE provided an explanation\u200d for the email, stating that Superintendent Weaver&#8217;s intention was not to compel religious speech. They emphasized that her heartfelt conviction is to help \u200call\u200c children in\u2063 South Carolina reach their full, God-given potential.<\/p>\n<p>Despite\u200d the explanation, the controversy surrounding the email continues to generate\u200b debate and scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read more\u2062 from \u200dThe Washington \u2063Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The head of South Carolina&#8217;s Education Department faces backlash as local media raises concerns about First Amendment violations. An email sent to employees before a Q&amp;A meeting requested them to express their goals for students in a question. Criticism mounts against the department&#8217;s leader for potential infringements on free speech.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1986033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1986032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1986032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1986033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1986032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1986032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1986032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}