Representative Tony Randolph (R-35/Rapid City) wasted more of the Legislature’s time this week with House Concurrent Resolution 6012, a restatement of the obvious fact of…
Tag: education
As your next Governor, I vow to repeal the school sentinel program and make it illegal for anyone other than a uniformed law enforcement officer…
Think about your local school district. Can you think of any good programs, classroom or extracurricular, that your school has had to scale back or…
Governor Kristi Noem’s two appointments to the state Board of Education Standards represent two pillars of the South Dakota Republican Party’s approach to government: cronyism…
The West Bend School District in Wisconsin had to pay Don Kirkegaard $175,000 a year, plus $15,000 in moving expenses, to leave his plum post…
On returning from a Thanksgiving holiday in New York City, gubernatorial policy analyst Kennedy Noem mused vaguely on “family, delicious food, new opportunities, and (now…
If Senator Jeff Monroe gets to recycle his creationism-in-disguise bills, then I get to recycle blog posts. The District 24 Senator from Pierre has brought…
Representative Carl Perry (R-3/Aberdeen) offers House Bill 1062, a not quite fully baked idea to promote financial education for all South Dakotans. The bill actually…
I’m not sure KSFY’s transcript is complete, but in her State of the State speech yesterday, Governor Kristi Noem appears not to have mentioned civics…
Speaking of the budget and the Legislature’s legal obligation to increase teacher pay 2% in Fiscal Year 2021, Senator Al Novstrup (R-3/Aberdeen) tells the Aberdeen…