Teachers stood out in the cold this morning in Sioux Falls to protest HB 1234, the train wreck of education "reforms" that Republican groupthink in Pierre wants to foist on South Dakota's K-12 system, against all evidence of what actually…
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Update 15:44 MST: Senator Russell Olson responds... even more arrogantly than I expected he would: If you would like my comments and/or position on this bill, or any other bill, please submit them to my email account Sen.RussellOlson@state.sd.us I use…
Northern State University senior and math education major Naomi Paulson testified before the House Education committee yesterday. She told them that the reforms Governor Dennis Daugaard wants to foist upon South Dakota schools will likely drive her to seek work…
I will keep shouting this until Governor Dennis Daugaard and the Legislature listen: teacher bonuses don't improve academic achievement: As two recent studies suggest, paying teachers bonuses doesn't appear to lead to higher student achievement. Yes, teachers would love a…
Market Incentives Also Fail to Stanch Teacher Shortages The Associated School Boards of South Dakota issue "Teacher Quality, Teacher Compensation, and HB 1234," a policy brief summarizing and reviewing research related to Governor Dennis Daugaard's proposals for selective merit pay,…
The results of the latest Madville Times poll reflect the sentiments of legislators East River and West: Governor Dennis Daugaard's education reform package is going nowhere in its current form. I posed you this question: "Gov. Daugaard says we have…
I don't know what legislative sausage will end up in Governor Dennis Daugaard's education reform package, but can we please take merit pay off the table? Well-known education reform expert Diane Ravitch offers this powerful summary of why merit pay…
Hey, noble readers! Come vote in the latest Madville Times poll on perhaps the biggest policy issue facing the 2012 South Dakota Legislature: how should we reinvest in education? Governor Dennis Daugaard says we have $15 million to add to…