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Increases to the average teacher salary since fiscal year 2017 haven’t kept up with the increases in state aid to education. Here's why.

The Branden Valley school district will be down one elementary school next year due to budget constraints.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The School Administrators of South Dakota will hold workshops for school board members, teachers, and administrators—the first in Rapid City on September 7th. AI has a lot of promise for better education, but it can also impact a child’s education negatively. “Please give me five questions to ask 5th-grade students […]

The superintendents for Sioux Falls, Tea, Harrisburg and Brandon Valley were seated in front of a room full of people on Thursday to provide a window into what they are facing on a daily basis. Among the topics was the relationship between schools and workforce development.

View Comments If there’s ever been a school year where teachers should be acknowledged for going above and beyond, this past year is probably it. For nearly 20 years, the Brandon Valley School District has partnered with First National Bank to honor one select teacher as the Brandon Valley Teacher of the Year. For 2020-21, trying to narrow things down to just one teacher seemed almost insurmountable. So for the first time, every teacher in the school district has been named Teacher of the Yea...