While average salaries for K-12 teachers and university professors in South Dakota sit at an embarrassing 48th in the nation, our vo-tech instructors manage to…
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Despite our big 2016 sales tax increase, South Dakota’s K-12 teacher pay remains a disappointing 48th in the nation. Our elementary and high school teachers…
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…
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…