Teaching to different learning styles is a big deal in education. During the last two years teaching French at Spearfish High School, I received formal evaluations that included items like "preparation for student learning differences" and "motivation and direction of…
Posts published in June 2013
The National Council on Teacher Quality has issued a report on teacher education programs nationwide. Unlike many of the teacher prep programs they surveyed, NCTQ did not inflate the grades. Out of 1,200 elementary and secondary teacher training programs surveyed,…
The City of Madison last week received a petition with 525 signatures to refer a new property tax road fee to a public vote. Citizens seeking a vote need 281 valid Madison voter signatures. Last night the Madison City Commission…
Exploratory GOP Senate candidate Annette Bosworth gives up the Custer vote: Perhaps Bosworth is competing with Kristi Noem to be the next Sarah Palin.
What got Oglala Sioux Tribe President Bryan Brewer arrested yesterday in Whiteclay, Nebraska? He was leading his people to block a beer truck from making its delivery: That yellow object the deputy draws at 1:19 is a taser. The protester…
And now from the Department of Blatantly Biased Ellipsis, Governor Dennis Daugaard sums up the job performance Republicans expect of their elected officials: "I look at myself and I think how little I do..." [Governor Dennis Daugaard, interview, Karl Gehrke,…
The Division of Motor Vehicles sends out a press release reminding you that your motor vehicle registration fees go up July 1... and it's not Governor Dennis Daugaard's fault! The South Dakota Department of Revenue, Division of Motor Vehicles, wants…
Hey, kids! How would you like your local law enforcement, at the behest of our foreign corporate overlords, to brand you as a terrorist threat? Here are some quick and easy "suspicious activities" you can do to make yourself the…