…But Better Degree Bonuses in Minnesota Seth Tupper reports on a Georgetown study that finds that, in 2015, people without four-year degrees held 55% of…
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House Bill 1073 purports to protect free speech on South Dakota’s public universities and vo-techs. However, the roster of arch-conservative sponsors suggests HB 1073 is…
The deluge cometh—Lee Strubinger reports the Legislative Research Council has 640 bill requests on its desks, compared to 350 bill requests during week #1 of…
Receiving a briefing from the Department of Education at its first meeting yesterday, the House Education Committee wondered whether it should refer to Don Kirkegaard…
…who can write a 55-page position paper on the impacts of family breakdown and drug abuse on crime and incarceration rates in South Dakota, with…
Education Secretary Melody Schopp sits down with Dana Ferguson for one more interview before she retires tomorrow from state government and says she hopes the…
Rep. Mike Stevens (R-18/Yankton) told the Yankton school board last night that the 2018 Legislature may consider 150 more bills than last year. That would…
An eager labor-minded reader forwards me this interview with author Malcolm Harris, who says the shift of job training to public education has shifted costs…
The South Dakota Legislature briefly considered a Scott Walker/Wisconsin-style ban on collective bargaining for public employees in 2012. That bill quickly failed. But our Republican…
I wanted to talk positively about Meade superintendent Don Kirkegaard’s appointment as Melody Schopp’s replacement at the Department of Education. But various buzzing bees reminded…