Remember all the effort we made just three years ago to rouse the Legislature from two generations of neglect of public education, increase sales tax…
Tag: education
Senator Marion Michael Rounds thinks we can make America greater by getting rid of the federal Department of Education. We could save far more money—and…
With state experts themselves agreeing that offering civilians $10 for every whacked-off tail won’t significantly reduce the number of varmints munching on pheasant eggs, Bob…
To distract us from everything that’s going wrong under Trump, Senator Mike Rounds is reviving one of his most laughable 2014 campaign lines. He’s once…
An eager reader sends me a January article summarizing the Quality Counts report card on South Dakota’s K-12 education system. We start well, ranking 4th in…
With Tony Venhuizen leaving Pierre to make his millions in Moneyland, Governor Kristi Noem is stuck with making her interim Education Secretary permanent: Governor Kristi Noem today…
The state isn’t just giving away varmint traps; it’s teaching people how to use them: Being involved in a recent series of trapper education courses…
From the fervid imagination of Rep. Tim Goodwin—phantom teachers! Senator Lance Russell said it best when he identified the school aid formula as a “reverse…
But wait! David Owen of the South Dakota Chamber of Commerce is telling folks that South Dakota doesn’t lack people; it just lacks skills: It’s…
I’ll give rookie Representative Scyller Borglum (R-32/Rapid City) this: she’s showing more off-Session initiative than most South Dakota legislators. Instead of waiting for the Executive…