2022-08-16 – Dakota Free Press

SDEA’s First Impression: Proposed Social Standards Focus Too Much on Rote Memorization, Short-Change Critical Thinking

Published 2022-08-16 by Cory Allen Heidelberger

I am very eager to hear what professional educators have to say about Governor Noem’s proposed redo-revision of South Dakota’s K-12 social studies standards. Remember,…

Sturgis Rally Traffic Down 4.4% from Last Year

Published 2022-08-16 by Cory Allen Heidelberger

The good news: the Department of Transportation counted over half a million vehicles entering Sturgis during the famed motorcycle Rally that ended last weekend. The…

DOE Hunt for “Divisive Concepts” Doesn’t Find Much; SD to Ban “Equity” from Standards and Contracts?

Published 2022-08-16 by Cory Allen Heidelberger

Last April, Governor Kristi Noem ordered her Department of Education to identify and eradicate from its materials all “divisive concepts“—the new sloppy code for critical race…

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Day: August 16, 2022

SDEA’s First Impression: Proposed Social Standards Focus Too Much on Rote Memorization, Short-Change Critical Thinking

Sturgis Rally Traffic Down 4.4% from Last Year

DOE Hunt for “Divisive Concepts” Doesn’t Find Much; SD to Ban “Equity” from Standards and Contracts?

Proposed Social Studies Standards View History as One Darn Thing After Another, Deny Merits of Teaching Relevance Through Themes