Adam St. Paul invited me onto the radio yesterday to talk about my run for District 3 Senate. Our 12-minute conversation is available online at…
Tag: teacher pay
Democratic candidate for governor Billie Sutton starts off his economic development plan with the one phrase his Republican opponents refuse to mention when talking workforce: raising…
And Y, why, Y! Patrick Lalley invited me onto the glorious KSOO airwaves again this afternoon. We had a fine and lively conversation about Neal…
The United States Supreme Court just offered South Dakota a budgetary shot in the arm. No, they haven’t given Marty Jackley a win on our…
Governor Dennis Daugaard cheers South Dakota’s mighty ascent from 51st to 48th in the nation for average teacher pay with a declaration that we are…
The National Education Association has finally compiled and published nationwide education stats for the 2016–2017 school year, the first year of South Dakota’s extra half-penny…
The Legislature voted Thursday to raise taxes to fund K-12 education. But our wily legislators are shifting the blame for any higher taxes to local…
Two years after the Legislature took away an option that cushioned school revenues from a sudden loss of students, a few hardy legislators want to…
The Legislature hasn’t come up with the money to sustain the 2016 Blue Ribbon plan to raise South Dakota’s teacher pay from the bottom to…
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…