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One South Dakota university has changed the way it’s training rural teachers and hopes to see higher test scores by placing better-prepared teacher…
Continue Reading →A new report from the American Association of School Administrators about the importance of being able to restrain and seclude some students in the interest of school safety has outraged some disability advocacy groups.
The AASA report, “Keeping Scho…
Enrollment hurdles prove hard to nail down
One of the most common charges leveled at private-school-voucher programs is that they are unwilling or unable to serve a substantial number of students facing serious academic challenges—including those …
Continue Reading →Published Online: March 12, 2012
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota plans to get a longitudinal data system that links student scores and other information to individual teachers.
The Argus Leader reports (http://argusne.ws/wLArtP) that the s…
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Extreme poverty, alcoholism, and a general sense of hopelessness are the images that dominate many …
Continue Reading →North and South Dakota (known as twin states) were one territory until 1889. They have similar shapes, sizes, and climates, but differ in many other ways. The state is famous for the scenic wonders of the Badlands, the Black Hills, and, of course, Mount Rushmore.
Dakota was named for the Dakota, Sioux tribe which lived in [...]
Continue Reading →U.S. Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., left, the leading Democrat on the House education committee, listens as U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan makes a point during a discussion of ESEA reauthorization last month at the Center for American Progres…
Continue Reading →Published Online: June 30, 2010
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Supporters of a high-speed broadband network that connects researchers in a dozen northern states say the system is in good shape despite university budget cutbacks, thanks in part to a new federal initi…