In today’s random reading, I bump into Neil Gaiman’s explanation of why the Chinese Communist Party started encouraging young people to read science fiction and…
Tag: education
Vaping is apparently such a burning problem among students that we need a whole town hall on the issue. But “vaping sensors” in the bathroom?…
Lori Walsh let Speaker Steven Haugaard clutter the airwaves with his anti-child, anti-education, anti-woman, anti-family, anti-worker hyperbole against public preschool without much challenge yesterday. Speaker…
Governor Kristi Noem celebrates free college—or, in this case, free post-secondary vocational training—for 391 new recipients of the Build Dakota Scholarship: Governor Kristi Noem today…
John Tsitrian reported back in April on the Congressional Joint Economic Committee’s study of brain drain, which showed that South Dakota is worse at keeping…
Yankton Area Progressive Growth honcho Nancy Wenande says employers want more than welding certificates: Nancy Wenande, C.E.O. of Yankton Area Progressive growth says a survey…
More Republican family values: the Trump USDA wants to kick half a million kids off free school lunches. Congressman Bobby Scott of Virginia, Chairman of…
Dang—I wish Scyller Borglum would make up her mind: is she a real Trumpist, or does she actually believe in real common-sense conservatism? (“Trump” and…
The Black Hills Pioneer reports that three new Meade School District members who are concerned about the funding of rural schools want to talk about…
The Trump tariffs are also supporting his war on education, as recklessly taxing Americans for buying goods made in China is limiting students’ access to…