Whoo-hoo—the newest Dakota Free Press podcast heads to the farm to interview school board member Brian Sharp, who is running for reëlection. Sharp is the only active…
Tag: education
Among the do-nothing puffery from the White House this week is Donald Trump’s executive order telling Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to review education policies and…
The Borg write a letter to the editor in my morning paper, declaring that “Immigrants Must Assimilate.” Actually, the writer is Aberdeen retiree Gary Famias,…
USA Today features a Boston Consulting Group report on America’s waning lead in industrial innovation. We’re still investing in and churning out more basic and applied research…
Megan Raposa reports that new performance standards requiring more contact hours may mean the Sioux Falls Head Start program won’t be able to serve as many kids: The Head Start…
Senator John Thune visited Trinity Lutheran School before his town hall in Aberdeen yesterday: I’m sure the kids were thrilled to meet such an important public official.…
Dakota Free Press Podcast #004 is ready for your ears! https://dakotafreepress.com/wp-content/podcast/DFP004.mp3 After our Veto Day conversation, Republican Representative Drew Dennert was willing to sit for another 20-minute chat…
At her hastily called, poorly organized town hall meeting in Watertown weekend before last, Congresswoman Kristi Noem used her tired opposition to Obama-era school lunch nutrition rules…
The Appropriations Committee documents include this table of total property values in South Dakota from 2011 through 2016 (payable 2012 through 2017). In 2011, in the…
Governor Dennis Daugaard scratched his veto itch today. Stricken by the Governor’s pen today were these five bills: House Bill 1156: This bill would have allowed individuals with…