The Legislature isn't totally ignoring the needs of education and American Indians in South Dakota. Senate Bill 163 would restore state matching funds for Teach for America, the private non-profit that recruits dozens of young teachers for reservation schools in…
Posts tagged as “Teach for America”
James Curran chose to work in South Dakota over living in California and pursuing a Ph.D. He says that's "the best decision I ever made." That's part of why I like him. Curran is executive director for Teach for America…
One line in David Montgomery's coverage of the state budget catches my attention: Lawmakers voted down plenty of other spending proposals — frequently saying they would like to say yes but didn’t have the money. Out of luck were Teach…
Addressing the House Education Committee in Pierre this morning, Secretary of Education Melody Schopp fielded a question about how she feels about Teach for America, the national non-profit that, by her off-the-cuff count, places about 100 young college graduates in…
A blog post from Louisiana gets me thinking about Teach for America and its success in winning funds from the stingy South Dakota Legislature. As it did last year, the South Dakota Legislature appropriated $250,000 (via HB 1137) to help…
...but what about long-term quality in teaching? The GOP House leadership's ego trip didn't get in the way of Senate Bill 139, a measure expanding the state's support for Teach for America on South Dakota's Indian reservations. SB 139 was…