Some mean kids used politics and religion as a pretext for bullying kids at Aberdeen Central High School this week. In response, Superintendent Becky Guffin…
Tag: education
I was going to work up a rhetorical sweat over Kristi Noem’s latest demonstration of her unfitness for office—this time, marking Teacher Appreciation Week by…
President Joe Biden is proposing big investments in education, for little ‘uns and big ‘uns. In his speech to Congress Wednesday, the President said we…
Governor Kristi Noem hates free lunches for kids, especially kids who aren’t American. Aberdeen parents don’t mind free school lunches, but a year of free…
The state is offering $200,000—less than a quarter of the money allocated for Governor Kristi Noem’s dubious civics curriculum program—to help schools actually teach civics.…
A quick read of Governor Kristi Noem’s transgender-bullying executive orders—one illegal, one powerless—told me that Noem’s decrees, like her entire gubernatoriate, is about her goober-notoreity,…
The Legislature wisely rejected Governor Kristi Noem’s attempt to unconstitutionally rewrite House Bill 1217 under the thin guise of a “style-and-form veto.” The House threw…
Coronavirus has posed greater health risks to older people than to younger people. According to the CDC, coronavirus hasn’t killed anyone under 30 in our…
Governor Kristi Noem made a big show of rejecting some federal unemployment assistance last summer, complete with misrepresentations of data. Of course, she also misrepresented…
Understanding Kristi Noem’s priorities requires looking at just two bills, House Bill 1282 and House Bill 1279. HB 1282 proposes the $5 million our Governor…