Among the bills on the Senate’s Crossover Day agenda is Senate Bill 179, which sets the maximum tax levies for school boards and the target…
Tag: teacher pay
The Republican leadership has put Rep. Lana Greenfield (R-2/Doland) in charge of the House Education Committee. What could go wrong there? Sure, it’s nice that…
Bob Mercer notes that the South Dakota Teacher Compensation Review Board, the offspring of the 2015 Blue Ribbon Teacher Pay panel, approved the final draft…
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…
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…