The Blue Ribbon Task Force on Teachers and Students holds its penultimate meeting tomorrow in Pierre at the View 34 golf-course restaurant. The focus of this…
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Add Dr. Joseph Graves of Mitchell to the list of establishment cronies (Melmer, Phelps,…) who made good money off grants flowing through the audit-flagged Mid-Central Educational…
This morning I jumped on KOTA’s report that Education Secretary Melody Schopp had fired the GEAR UP staff. Bob Mercer then reported that gubernatorial chief of staff Tony…
Here’s something else John Thune isn’t getting done in the Senate: Perkins Loans. This financial aid program provides $1.2 billion in low-interest loans to over half a…
In addition to calling for more gravy for marketers, the Sioux Falls Area Strategic Workforce Action Agenda also says a few things about education—er, “talent development”.…
The Blue Ribbon Task Force on Teachers and Students was told yesterday not to worry about South Dakota’s purported “teacher shortage.” According to the Department of Education,…
Remember how our Department of Education decided to give an easier test to folks who want to qualify to teach math in grades 7–12? The new Intermediate Math Endorsement says…
Hey, young South Dakotans! Sign up now to get your teaching certificate from South Dakota’s Regental universities! You’ll get to dedicate 40 to 50 of your 120 credits to education…
Governor Dennis Daugaard’s Blue Ribbon Task Force on Teachers and Students meets again next week Wednesday, September 9 out at the country club. After one more morning slideshow from…
Bob Mercer reports that the South Dakota Retirement System that the 2010 decision to scale back the retire-rehire option may be saving the state pension system millions…