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Brent Duerre/SDPBA committee kills a bill designating Clergy members, such as rabbis and priests, as mandatory reporters of child abuse and neglect. -
SDPBCell phones in classrooms have been a debate since the smartphone became ubiquitous in the early 2010s. Now, a bill to unplug every student in South Dakota has some battery life.
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Gina Benz offers her top Teacher Talk takeaways -
Practitioners say South Dakota is overdue for an adjustment to its special education funding formula, but lawmakers are hesitant to approve anything that increases property taxes. -
Momentum continues to swell on an effort to expand free school lunches to South Dakota’s poorest students. It now waits for the eyes of House appropriators. -
EducationWeek declared "dismantle" the word of the year. Jackie Wilber, Ed.D., and Gina Benz consider the impact of policy on South Dakota schools
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A student-led effort to allow varsity sports to count for half of a physical education credit passes its first legislative hurdle by one vote. -
Advocates say COVID proved it’s possible, at least in the short term, to provide free lunches to all public schoolchildren. Now, some lawmakers say expanding free lunches is less of a financial burden to the state than you may expect. -
Sioux Falls leaders are calling city residents to engage in mentorship with young people in the community. This comes after missing a mentorship goal for last year. -
The state Board of Regents has adopted a new tenure review policy for its professors. Despite criticism, officials say they're confident the new system is a positive for the system. -
The Oldham-Ramona-Rutland school district has narrowly survived a dissolution vote. -
The South Dakota Teacher Apprenticeship Pathway, or TAP, program now has more than 70 graduates.
