With Donald Trump and Kristi Noem waging a destructive constant war with unpleasant reality, it’s refreshing just to read issue memos from the Legislative Research…
Tag: education
My proposal for maximizing the use of our federal coronavirus relief funds included spending $200 million to hire additional tutors, teachers, and educational technology specialists…
She’ll be darned if she’ll spend one red South Dakota cent on coronavirus relief, but Governor Kristi Noem is happy to hand out federal CARES…
Here’s an ancillary benefit of building a robust online learning system to promote safe, socially distanced learning during the pandemic: we can also get rid…
For the purposes of contact tracing and notifying South Dakotans that they have been exposed to someone who has tested positive for coronavirus, our Department…
One of the most serious policy debates amidst the coronavirus pandemic is whether the public health gains of keeping kids home from school are outweighed…
On Monday, the Belle Fourche school board, which has not mandated masks to prevent coronavirus spread, turned down the state’s offer to provide BinaxNOW rapid…
There is such a thing as a free lunch… at school in Aberdeen and Sioux Falls! The Aberdeen school district announced last week that all…
Instead of developing new schedules and delivery methods and deploying more resources to make education safer for kids, South Dakota’s schools seem hell-bent on protecting…
Like Aberdeen, Rapid City is having to weaken its coronavirus safety rules to keep the schools open: In a unanimous vote, the board decided that…