South Dakota students must take three “units” of social studies to graduate from high school. One unit must be on U.S. history; a half unit…
Tag: education
Northern State University isn’t putting much faith in our legislators’ “relationships” to get the funding it needs to finish its building projects. With construction costs…
Article 8 Section 1 of the South Dakota Constitution explains our founders’ commitment to public education: Uniform system of free public schools. The stability of a republican…
With the defeat of Initiated Measure 25 and the election of a Republican Governor and Legislature who have no plans to invest in education, South…
The Tri-Valley School District’s participation in the school sentinel/gunslinger program, arming some secret teacher or custodian(s), didn’t deter or catch this gun crime: An 18-year-old…
The South Dakota Education Association wholeheartedly endorses Democratic candidate Billie Sutton for Governor. SDEA notes that when its PAC, SD-EPIC, invited gubernatorial candidates to speak…
When one of Trump’s minor education flunkies came to Madison last month to praise shop class, when Mike Rowe tours our tech schools to promote…
Superintendent Henry Eggert came to my candidate forum last week. He also attended my opponent’s eat-and-greet at the Millstone last Monday. Superintendent Eggert won’t be…
Last month I reported that South Dakota’s college campuses are the whitest in America and that what relatively few racial minorities we do have in our…
In this week’s random reading, I happened upon a 1976 article from The Radical Teacher that tangentially offers an explanation for why Koch/Trump Republicans view a…