Wednesday’s choice of a home-schooling educator to be the State Board of Education’s chairwoman in 2009 signals a new dynamic in the state’s crusade to fix its troubled public schools.
Kristin Maguire, of Clemson, would be the nation’s only home-schooling educator to lead a state school board if she took office this year, according to the National Association of State Boards of Education.
Maguire lobbied intensively for legislation that created a statewide charter school system and has voiced support for Sanford allies who want the Legislature to OK financial incentives for parents who send their children to private schools or educate them at home....