Tag: education
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Changing the way we educate educators could be one answer
By Tasi Livermont, for Dakotafire with additional reporting by Doug Card, The Britton Journal and Wendy Royston, Dakotafire Media Should future teachers have to spend as much time sitting in desks to earn the right to stand at the front of class? Some think the answer to South Dakota’s teacher shortage at least partly lies…
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Some S.D. schools have given up on filling teacher vacancies
By Tasi Livermont, for Dakotafire with additional reporting by Doug Card, The Britton Journal; Jody Moritz, Faulk County Record; and Wendy Royston, Dakotafire Media With a hope and a prayer, school districts across South Dakota attempted to fill vacant teaching positions this year. “I must have prayed really hard,” said Monte Nipp, Langford (S.D.) Area…
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Fewer rural students head for college. The problem for rural places: Fewer college graduates return
Both North and South Dakota perform well above the national average when it comes to high school graduation rates, but nationwide, graduation rates between rural and urban students are almost too close to call, accepting a margin of error: 83 percent and 86 percent, respectively. However, the discrepancy between rural and urban residents who have…
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Screens, technology are commonplace in Dakota classrooms
While health leaders warn of the effect of too much screen time for children, schools increase their use of technology. The key is how it’s used, they say.
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Knowledge about Common Core not so common
As Common Core standards started going into effect in Dakota classrooms this fall, state education leaders probably expected to spend some time explaining what the standards are. But Ryan Townsend, director of academic standards for the N.D. Department of Public Instruction, said he’s spent a lot of time lately explaining what the standards are not.…
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Coming Home: Waubay man says, “There’s no place like home.”
After spending years away from the area and traveling the world, it was somewhat of a shock for one Waubay man to move back to the area. “Just like in the Wizard of Oz, there’s no place like home,” Loris Welch said. “I have lived all over the world and have never called another place…
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FiredUp: Groton students lead question-and-answer with candidates
Groton’s senior seventh-hour government class hosted the first school board cracker barrel session April 2. Photo by Char Telkamp/Groton Independent Want to get students involved in politics? Put them in the driver’s seat—or, in this case, the moderator’s chair. Groton’s senior government class, and the community, got a first-hand look at the candidates running…