Education
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How national political forces are shaping SD education legislation
The extent to which national political movements sway South Dakota’s legislative priorities was rarely more evident than during a House Education Committee hearing in Pierre in early February 2022.
On the agenda was House Bill 1337, one of several education measures brought by Gov. Kristi Noem to keep critical
Retired SD educators uneasy about recent political and cultural pressures imposed on teachers
Amid the flurry of recent debate on education standards and race-based curricula in South Dakota schools, most classroom teachers have been relatively quiet.
Many are restricted by media policies in their school districts, or they express concern about repercussions if they engage publicly in political discussions. This reticence comes as
Special report part 1: Teachers in SD endure new stress as politics and culture war seep into classrooms
Jason Connelly is exactly the kind of young educator the South Dakota public school system would love to add to its depleted teacher workforce.
Connelly grew up in Sioux Falls and attended Catholic schools before pursuing a history and teaching degree at Augustana University, which he obtained this year.
Connelly
School counselors in SD playing larger role amid student mental health crisis
DELL RAPIDS, S.D. – Sara Holmberg’s job as a counselor at Dell Rapids Middle School has never been more challenging.
As fallout from the pandemic creates what the U.S. Surgeon General calls a “youth mental health crisis,” school counselors like Holmberg find themselves providing not just academic and
Despite legislative defeat, backers of Native education reform in SD will press forward
The latest setback in a bid to create state-funded Lakota immersion schools in South Dakota will not deter Native American educators from pursuing that vision in the future, according to one of the proposal’s key supporters.
State Sen. Troy Heinert, D-Mission, expressed disappointment after the March 2 failure of
As Native students struggle in SD schools, a Lakota-immersion model emerges
For the third time in five years, Native American legislators and supporters of improving Native education in South Dakota have proposed legislation that would allow for creation of state-funded charter schools aimed at immersing students in Lakota Indian language, culture and history.
And once again, the measure has failed in
News Watch to host panel discussion March 3 on proposed Native-focused charter schools in S.D.
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South Dakota News Watch is convening a panel of experts for an