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Gap grows between targeted and actual teacher pay

By: Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight          Schools are lagging the state’s target pay for teachers, and the gap is growing, according to data shared...

State board approves controversial social studies standards on 5-2 vote

by Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight             After almost two years of controversy, nearly 1,300 public comments submitted and hours of public testimony spread across four...

An Open Letter to the Board of Education Standards

Dear Members of the South Dakota Board of Education Standards,             The South Dakota School Superintendent Association Executive Board opposes the Proposed South Dakota Social...

464 students awarded the Build Dakota Scholarship for the 2022-23 school year

            PIERRE, S.D. – The eighth cohort of Build Dakota Scholarship Fund students will begin classes this month, helping to fill the gap of...

Dial-up modems to tablets: Tech teacher saw it all

By Mary Gales Askren, Madison Daily Leader             You say, ‘Goodbye’ and I say, ‘Hello, hello, hello.’             The lyrics of the Beatles song blared across...

Despite legislative defeat, backers of Native education reform in S.D. will press forward

Stu Whitney South Dakota News Watch The latest setback in a bid to create state-funded Lakota immersion schools in South Dakota will not deter Native American...
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