Tag: South Dakota Legislature
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OPINION: Promotion, autonomy, compensation are factors in Dakota teacher shortage
by Jeff Fastnacht, superintendent, Ellendale (N.D.) School District The need for teachers has been a reoccurring topic in both South Dakota and North Dakota for several years. It was thought to be more significant in South Dakota, and that may be so, but according to a recent story in The Fargo Forum, it is a…
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Educators go extra miles to keep programs on the road
Splitting their time between classrooms in school districts even a few miles apart takes extra planning for teachers, but might be one answer to South Dakota’s teacher shortage.
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Bridging educational gaps with distance education
The Blue Ribbon Task Force on Teachers and Students has identified distance education as one solution to South Dakota’s teacher shortage, but experts say it’s not a fail-proof solution.
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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…