Sydney Carroll teaches her eighth grade English class at Meeting Street Brentwood in North Charleston, S.C., on Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (Photo by Skylar Laird/SC Daily Gazette)
NORTH CHARLESTON — On the wall at the front of Sydney Carroll’s classroom is a blue cutout reading “100%.”
The meaning is twofold: It’s a reminder to her eighth grade class that they should be giving 100% to their classwork, but it’s also a reminder to herself that she’s trying to get 100% of her students to read on grade level by the end of the year…