In a flagrant act of public fallacio, Governor Daugaard persuaded the slimmest possible majority of his good GOP soldiers to pass his education reform package yesterday. But first, let us acknowledge the good and brave legislators who spoke truth to…
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...but not without more GOP monkeyshines! Governor Dennis Daugaard appears to have applied the appropriate pressure to his good soldiers in the Legislature. Last Friday, Rep. Brock Greenfield (R-6/Clark) moved to turn SB 170 into a blatant attempt to subvert…
Governor Dennis Daugaard has proposed that South Dakota increase the frequency of standardized testing of students from the current NCLB regime of once-a-year tests for grades 3, 4, 5, 8, and 11 to tests at the start, middle, and end…
Rep. Steve Hickey observed on Facebook that during Thursday's committee hearing, HB 1234, Governor Dennis Daugaard's package of education reforms, "was referred to as a botched meatloaf. Nothing they add would make anyone want to eat it." According to yesterday's…
Correction/Update 2012.02.24 07:10 MST: I am informed by folks who know policy better than I that my headline is inaccurate. The appropriation for recruitment is $5 million. $10 million is for the panoply of policies the South Dakota Workforce Initiative…
Last Pitch Before Committee! Save our schools: sign and share this online petition today! Governor Daugaard's spokesman and point man on education policy Tony Venhuizen hands out details on changes to HB 1234, the Governor's education reform package. The math/science…
Dakota War College is generally full of crap and Republican press releases. Wait, that's redundant.... I know, that's no way to talk about a potential political ally. DWC's pseudonymous "Bill Clay" and I clearly dislike each other's politics, and "Clay"…
Governor Dennis Daugaard is promoting petro-exploitation in South Dakota with his Oil and Gas Initiative. Meanwhile, Rick Santorum swings wide and tells North Dakotans that their development of the Bakken oil fields means Iran might nuke 'em: Rick Santorum warned…