THE EDUCATION OF RICHARD RILEY: A Case Study of Business Involvement in Education

Prior to 1983, South Carolina’s public education system was ranked 49th out of the fifty states in terms of standardized testing, school funding, parental involvement and other measured criteria. With several corporations moving their corporate headquarters and manufacturing facilities into the state, South Carolina’s weak public school system came to the forefront as a major concern in the state’s efforts to draw in businesses. In 1983, South Carolina installed a Business Education Partner...