Education
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Stories about the state's students, teachers, schools, colleges and the latest changes in education as well as coverage of the state spelling bee, which South Dakota News Watch sponsors.
Student interest in SD energy programs on the rise
"The only thing I could envision myself doing in the future:" Three students in Lake Area Technical College's energy programs speak to News Watch about why they chose to join the rapidly growing sector.
Biotech: SD revs up for the future in a young, growing industry
State is 1 of 2 without an incentive program to create jobs in pharmaceuticals, agriculture, the military and other industries.
Biotech defined: Economic impact, SD companies and more
Industry leaders in the state are trying to make South Dakota a bigger part of a $3.2 trillion industry.
Hispanic population thrives in one small SD town
Rural towns like Plankinton, population 768, are growing their community services to fill needs.
Financial literacy aims to boost tribal sovereignty on Pine Ridge
With the 3rd-highest poverty rate in the country – behind only 2 other South Dakota counties – an organization based in Oglala Lakota County seeks to improve tribal sovereignty by teaching youth about finances.
Effort to highlight Midwestern history and academia comes to South Dakota
Can studying a region's past help to understand it in the present? The Lost Region Recovery Project attempts to answer that question for the Midwest, the only part of the U.S. without robust academic study dedicated to it.
News Watch and Dakota Wesleyan again sponsor spelling bee
State competition will be Feb. 7 at DWU in Mitchell and include up to 40 elementary and middle schoolers.