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…
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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…
Apparently the Lord doth not provide enough. Majority Leader Qualm withdrew his direct tax subsidy for church schools, but Governor Kristi Noem did get to…
Did you know Majority Leader Lee Qualm (R-21/Platte) proposed giving more tax dollars to private schools? Representative Qualm’s House Bill 1227 would have directed the Secretary…
The South Dakota Board of Education adopted new standards for world language yesterday. In a sign of their significance, this standards review process drew one…
One thing Governor Kristi Noem didn’t get yesterday was her civics test. Wrangling until the last day, the Senate finally killed House Bill 1066 on a…