On my milk run to the corner Cenex last night, I found a “NO on IM 25” display on the counter with a whole packet…
Tag: education
Another new Issue Memo from the Legislative Research Council outlines the five major differences between the new Every Student Succeeds Act and the failed No…
LRC to Present Issue Memos Monday on Wind Energy, Federal Ed Laws, and Neighboring State Tax Systems
The Executive Board of the South Dakota Legislature will hear three juicy Issue Memos at next week. The memos aren’t up yet, but the agenda…
Break out the chicken suits—Kristi Noem is already ducking debates! Democrat Billie Sutton’s gubernatorial campaign sends out a press release bemoaning his Republican opponent’s refusal…
Eureka school district voters rejected a $300,000 property tax opt-out in June. That vote didn’t make their school’s looming deficit go away. But the locals…
Governor Dennis Daugaard says our K-12 education system is failing the majority of students by not preparing them all to get post-secondary degrees: Are we…
I respectfully yield the floor to my fellow Democrat Justin Roemmick, who just released the best campaign District 3 campaign video I’ve seen yet this…
The Displaced Plainsman gleefully (I enjoy picturing the Plainsman gleeful) comments on new USD president Sheila Gestring’s welcome defense of liberal arts education as a…
As part of my campaign for District 3 Senate, I’m hosting monthly public forums on major policy issues facing the South Dakota Legislature. First up:…
The South Dakota Board of Education Standards meets tomorrow in Pierre for several dreary tasks, including conducting a public hearing on revising our high school…