Randall Beck is jerking my chain. He thinks Governor Daugaard gets points for effort on his counterproductive merit-bonus plan, and teachers shouldn't complain unless they can offer a counterproposal: Daugaard's plan may be flat wrong on some points. But it's…
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District 31 legislators held a crackerbarrel in front of several dozen constituents this morning on the BHSU campus. All three Republican legislators said they do not support Governor Dennis Daugaard's proposal to give $5,000 merit-based bonuses to the top 20%…
Thar she blows! House Bill 1234 puts Governor Dennis Daugaard's really bad education reform ideas on paper for the South Dakota Legislature to debate and (please, please, please) kill. The details: $3980 bonus to every high school and middle school…
School Administrators of South Dakota exec John Pedersen continues his series of videos with movers and shakers in education with this January 20 interview with Rep. Peggy Gibson (D-22/Huron). Former superintendent Pedersen talks with former teacher Gibson about Governor Dennis…
I know Bryan Aukerman. He's a good teacher, and a good coach. And if Governor Daugaard has his way with our public school system, he'll drive Aukerman and his talents out of South Dakota: I'm a young teacher in the…
A key component of Governor Daugaard's education reform plan is the Charlotte Danielson Framework for Teaching. Governor Daugaard plans to spend millions to train educators in the Danielson framework, then require school districts statewide to use that framework in evaluating…
The Displaced Plainsman notes a suggestion from Harrisburg principal Kevin Lein that Governor Daugaard direct a portion the funding for his proposed education reforms to hire and train retired teachers to conduct teacher evaluations. The idea of having master teachers…
Governor Dennis Daugaard wants to hand out $5,000 merit bonuses to the top 20% of teachers in each public K-12 school district in South Dakota. The lucky winners will be determined by a 50&ndash50 combination of quantitative measures—i.e., a new…