A glutton for punishment that even I didn’t want to incur, Megan Raposa analyzes the “new” South Dakota K-12 curriculum standards and finds, unsurprisingly, that…
Tag: education
My morning paper brings me two letters taking opposite sides in the gun debate. Dan Oliver of Aberdeen calls teachers complainers, perverts, and sissies but…
As of this writing, Governor Dennis Daugaard hasn’t used his last chance opportunity to exercise his veto power. But among the bills still on his…
Rep. Spencer Gosch (R-23/Glenham) has saved Herried School District from consolidation. Yesterday Governor Dennis Daugaard signed Gosch’s House Bill 1215, a bill crafted specifically to…
The state Board of Education Standards adopted new curriculum standards yesterday for English, math, health, Native American studies, and some career/technical fields. And after all…
Governing notices that teachers are running for elected office around the country. We teachers have job skills that make us pretty good candidates: “You’re always…
If you’re keeping score at home, the number students saved by teachers carrying firearms in the classroom is zero. The number of students injured by…
My neighbor Gerald Krueger agrees with me that we should keep guns out of our classrooms: The idea to have teachers carry guns in the…
Vermillion is among many cities joining the nationwide March for Our Lives demonstration on March 24: On March 24, the kids and families of March…
I spent Friday and Saturday judging the South Dakota State Debate Tournament. If my count is correct, it may have been my twentieth time judging…